HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION ELEVENTH REPORT, APPENDIX, PART IV. THE M A N U S C R IPTS "1 1111, MARQUESS TOWNSHEND. }3rrs'cntcrJ to iotlj $0u£rs" of }3arltamntt in Commantf of &tz fHajrs'tn. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AMi BPOTTISWOODH, lKINTEES TO TIIE QUEENS MOST EZCBLLEN1 MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any B oksellcr, from EYRE and SPOTTISWOODB, Basi II lbdivg Stebet, Plehx Stubet, E.C. ; and 82, ABINGDOS StBBBT, WESTMINSTER, S.W, ; or ADAM and OHAKLBS BLACK, 6, Nobtb Bbidgb, BdixbttrgH; or JlMlK.ls. IMClilS. & Co.. KM. (JHAFTON STRBBT, DPB] IV. 1887. [ C— 5060.-UI.] Price 2s. 6d. ! XTRODUOTTON. The following account of the vast collection of papers accumu- lated at Raynham by successive generations of the family of the Marquis TWnshend is by no means to l>e considered exhaustive. The papers here described were selected from thirty or forty large boxes chiefly filled with early deeds, accounts, surveys, rentals, &c. relating to the family estates, which would be of great interest and importance to the Norfolk antiquary; and it is possible that in going through such a mass of material some documents of historical value may have escaped notice. More- over, previous to the examination of the collection, a selection had been mad.' by Lord Townshend's agent, the late Mr. William Ansell Day (whose kind assistance to and hearty interest in the work of the Commissioners cannot be too warmly acknowledged by them), from the letters, &c. of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, with a view to publication. The majority of these letters formed the correspondence of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, half- brother to the Lord Chancellor, whose estates and papers came by marriage to the TWnshend family. The lamented death of Mr. Day has suspended for the present the intended publication, though great progress was made with the arrangement and transcription of the documents ; but the Commissioners hope that before long some steps will be taken to make this interesting portion of the Raynham collection of manuscripts also available for historical purposes. The Elizabethan papers removed to London for examination by the Commissioners, and noticed in the subsequent report are comparatively few in number. They include a few Dews- letters from Sir Francis Wyndham ; some commissions and council letters illustrating Norfolk affairs ; a copy of the will of Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper ; and a list of persons im- plicated in the Earl of Essex's rebellion, showing the prison in which each on.' was confined. Early in the seventeenth century is a letter from the Norfolk justices to the < !ouncil, urging that in that time of plenty places abroad with which England is in amity are the only market for the summer corn, and praying for liberty to ship away barley, malt, peas, and beans, and also beer ; the country being so emptied of money that, unless this prayer be granted, it cannot meet the payments demanded for her Majesty's U 24953. Wt. GG9C. a 2 IV service. Licences appear to have been granted to export corn and l>cer from Lynn shortly after this. A series of college bills show the cost of living and tuition at Cambridge between the years 3605 and 1610; an apothecary's bill of some ten years later in date is another curious illustration of prices at that time. There are also three or four o-ood news-letters from Roger Town- shend and X. Bacon. -Of the Civil Wars and the Commonwealth there is hardly a trace among these manuscripts of any value. The papers of the time of Charles IT. are more numerous, but their bearing upon public and county affairs is not marked enough to require special notice here, with the exception of a very lengthy document headed " Some particular matters of fact relating to the administration of affairs in Scotland under the Duke of Lauderdale," and addressed to the King ; it is a very severe indictment of that Duke's government. A bundle of " Warrants of Commitment to the Tower" in the years 1675, 1676, and 1677 is useful as evidence of the incarceration of many noted pesrons at that time on various grounds. There is also a large collection of songs, lampoons, &c, belonging to the latter part of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries, of which it has only appeared necessary to quote a specimen relating to Lord Wharton and Bishop Burnet. Among the State Papers and Despatches of the time of Queen Anne and later, we find many addressed to, or concerning, the second Viscount Townshend during his embassy to the Hague in the years 1709, 1710, and 1711. The English agents at Turin, Florence, Milan, Hamburgh, and other places were among his regular correspondents, and their letters give many details of the diplomatic and martial preparations in various courts of Europe during Marlborough's successful campaigns. Some of the letters are addressed to Horatio Walpole, afterwards Lord Walpole of Wolterton, who was attached to Lord Townshend's embassy. There is a good letter from Lord Stair at Warsaw, written in March 1710, referring to the difficulties created by the erratic Charles XII. ; and another of about the same date by Stephen Poyntz, referring to the extreme want of the French army " inso- much that in several places their leathern shoes were taken ironi them in the winter " [lest they should eat them, we may suppose the writer means] " and locked up till the opening of the campaign, and wooden shoes given them in the meantime ; and every post we hear of their plundering bakers' shops." One correspondent tells Horatio Walpole in June 1710 of the " late sudden illness called " Collero Morbus " of his brother Robert, which had nearly put an early period to the career oi' the then rising statesman ; and another friend James Craggs, when with the English army in Spain writes to him about tho battle of A lmenara and other matters. Among other letter writers are the Earl of Peterborough and Lord Raby, afterwards Karl of Strafford, who succeeded Lord Town- shend as Ambassador at the Hague. After Townshend became Secretary of State in 1715, we find a capital series of despatches from Admiral Sir John Norris, when in command of the expedi- tion sent to the Baltic to protect British commerce, and to demand satisfaction from the King of Sweden for the losses in- flicted on our merchants by the confiscation of their ships and cargoes. Other letters of this time in the collection, notably some from Lord Bolingbroke when in Paris, and of Sir Robert Walpole, were allowed to be used by Archdeacon Coxe, and printed in his Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole. The correspondence for the year 1725 of Horatio Walpole when Minister in Paris, bound in four folio volumes, and many loose letters of his from Paris of earlier and later date were also examined by Coxe. In a long communication dated in January 1727, Sir Charles Wager, the Admiral, gives his " private opinion of the Russians," and their inclinations towards England. The series of notes which passed between George II., in his own handwriting, and Lord Townshend, on various public matters between 1728 and 1730, printed in Coxe's Walpole, are still preserved at Raynham. The last diplomatic letter of importance, dated 3rd November 1735, is from Thomas Robinson, afterwards Lord Grantham ; in it he refers to his six years' residence at the Imperial Court, and earnestly desires to be removed from Vienna. Passing by many petitions and memorials dated in the earlier half of the eighteenth century, which are chiefly of personal interest, we reach the next division of this collection which is that of the Jacobite Papers, ranging in date between 1703 and 1727. The most important in number and interest relate to 1715 and succeeding years, when Viscount Towns- hend was Secretary of State. Among these are reports from the country of local riots (including a notable one from Oxford in December 1715), and on the state of public feeling; in- formation supplied by spies at various places abroad as to the intentions of the Pretender; many intercepted Jacobite letters : Privy Council minutes by Lord Townshend on the steps to be taken against the rebels and suspected persons ; and copies of Jacobite proclamations. Lord Carl isle and James Craggs write from Preston and Wigan on the proceedings against the prisoners taken in Lancashire, and make some interesting references to VI Lord Derwentwater, and to others still remembered for their share in the rebellion. There is a good letter, too, from General George Carpenter, dated at Nottingham on the 23rd November 171". detailing his own services during a month's chase of the rebels, and complaining of their inadequate recognition by the authorities. Copies of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, when commanding the expedition to Scotland against the Earl of Mar, from Lord Townshend and Secretary Stanhope, are also among these Jacobite papers, and the extracts given from them in the fol- lowing report are of great interest. The first despatch is dated 1st September 1715, and the series is continued at intervals of a few days until 21st February in the year following. Of later date are some curious papers bearing on a project for "disarming the High- lauds," and a very long letter from General Wade, showing the manner in which that part of the kingdom could in his opinion be made secure against future attempts to disturb its peace. Of a totally different character are the letters and accounts formerly belonging to the Earl of Wilmington. The Earl, when Mr. Spencer Compton, was treasurer to Prince George of Den- mark, and he held in later years a similar post with regard to the Prince of Wales, afterwards George II. The papers and accounts relating to these positions have more personal than historical interest, but they will be found not unworthy of the space given them in the report. Passing by some details of the cost of regimental clothing and the like, we come upon a long inventory of the personal effects of Prince ^George, a valuation of his breeding mares, stallions, coach horses, hunters, and " padds," and of his plate, guns, and pistols ; the last article included in the list being a twelve-oared barge. Perhaps the most noticeable fact about this property is that most of it was claimed by various officers of the late Prince's household as their fees and perquisites ; thus certain plate fell to the share of Lord Delawarr as Groom of the Stole, all the coaches and horses (the latter valued at 0921.) were given up to Lord Bridgewater as Master of the Horse, and the barge to the bargemaster of the Prince. Some letters concerning the Duchy of Cornwall are best worth attention among the evidences of Compton's second term of office. Some papers relating to the Tower of London, chiefly between 1712 and 1715, when the Earl of Northampton was Governor of the Tower, next fall under notice. Among them are docu- ments showing the privileges claimed by the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, and some curious petitions, notably one from a poor man who claims relief for having been shot by a sentinel Vll inuler peculiar circumstances. There are also many orders from the council lor the -real guns to be fired on certain memorable occasions. Following these are some private letters addressed to Eliza- beth, Countess of Northampton, dated between 1713 and 1737. These are chiefly of domestic interest, but are not without reference to public affairs. Thus the satirical Lady Ferrers writes a lew days after the death of Queen Anne, "he [George L] is very stately, and everything must be very fine ; he .speaks neither French nor English ; he won't be very good company to these Kings [the Lords Justices] when he conies. The little Duke of Kent has gained three inches ; I have seen one of them [the Kings aforesaid], but he doesn't speak to subjects." The majority of Lady Northampton's corre- spondents are of her own sex, and their epistles, though doubtful in their orthography even for that lax age, are usually amusing if not always instructive. Almost her only male correspondent was one Nicholas Guillibeau, who appears to have kept a select young gentlemen's academy at Fulham, whence he dates his reports on the progress of her young son, Lord Compton, in his studies. Of far wider interest is the section of the report under which is grouped the numerous papers relating to the American planta- tions, &c. during the first 40 years or so of the last century. These, like other portions of the Townshend collection already noted, seem to have been brought together by Lord Wilmington, who between the years 1731 and 1743 held the position of Presi- dent of the Council. The majority of the letters are addressed to him. Some of them give glimpses of the condition of Caro- lina and the difficulties which beset its Lords Proprietors : the letters of Governor Gabriel Johnston, three or four of which are given at full length, together with some petitions and other letters from Charles Town, will be found of marked value for the history of that colony. The Governor of Georgia about the same time was the celebrated General James Oglethorpe, of whom is preserved a letter wth two very curious reports of his interviews with the Chiefs of the Chicksaw Indians at Savannah. The papers relating t«. Massachusetts (1730-1742) are equally numerous and important, the majority of them being letters and reports from Governor Jonathan Belcher; a memorial signed by eight pastors of churches in Boston, Roxbury and Cambridge, and a letter from Governor W. Shirley, who succeeded Belcher, VI 11 should also be noticed. Of all these letters the most striking is a private one written by Belcher to his brother-in-law, Richard Partridge, who lived in London, setting forth the difficulties which surrounded his governorship. Other interesting papers in this section relate to New Jersey, New York, Connecticut Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Jamaica. George Townshend, afterwards fourth Viscount and first Marquis, was a brigadier-general early in the year 1759, when he was sent to Canada with the expedition under General Wolfe. On Wolfe's death, at the capture of Quebec, he suc- ceeded to the command. Many letters, of both public and private character, relating to this expedition are preserved at Raynham, and have been printed in this report. Roger Towns- hend, younger brother of George, was a colonel in the same expedition, and died from wounds received at the siege of Tyconderago a few weeks before the fall of Quebec ; a letter from him to Lady Ferrers (wife of his brother George), dated from the Camp at Fort Edward, June 7, 1750, gains additional interest on that account. The most important official documents are some " rough notes " relating to the siege of Quebec, and a copy of Townshend's long despatch to Pitt describing the operations and the capture ; among the private ones the brigadier's letters to his wife are noticeable. In the first quoted he writes : — " General Wolf's (sic) health is but very bad. His generalship in my poor opinion is not a bit better, this only between us. He never consulted any of us till the latter end of August, so that we have nothing to answer for, I hope, as to the success of this campaign." Passages in other letters cast a doubt on Wolfe's military skill, though, happily, his character as a hero remains undisturbed; thus, about three weeks after his death, Brigadier James Murray writes to Townshend that Wolfe's "orders throughout the cam- paign show little stability, stratagem, or fixed resolution; I wish his friends had not been so much our enemies, his memory would probably have been dearer to his country than now it can be. We are acting on the defensive ; you have the execu- tion of the plan, and I am well persuaded you will manage it with as much tenderness to the memory of the poor general as the nature of things will admit of." The concluding portion of the report contains notices and copies of miscellaneous letters and papers covering in date nearly the whole of the eighteenth century. Many of them have little interest except as autographs of persons of more or less distinction. Among the remainder the following may be selected for mention: — a letter from Horatio Walpole to his brother Robert in August 1727 referring to a conversation he had had with Cardinal Pleury about the intention to send the young Lord Chesterfield as minister to Paris; one from Colonel John Harbord describing an attack by a French privateer in August 1710 on the packet boat in which he crossed from Holland ; Luid KindJater's account of an election of representative peers for Scotland in June 1721 ; two letters from Charles Compton, Consul -General in Portugal, to Lord Wilmington in 1731 and 1 732 ; a letter written on the coast of Guinea to a Norwich, alder- man in 1737, urging the fine prospects of a profitable trade with that country which lie open to enterprise ; a few chatty letters of Lord Hervey, and of his sons George and Augustus, after- wards Kails of Bristol, to Lady Townshend ; one from General John Campbell, afterwards Duke of Argyll, describing his pur- suit of the Young Pretender ; a curious agreement between Lord Townshend and Lord Weymouth in 1765 about the borough of Tarn worth, besides letters concerning other elections at different dates; a letter of Viscount Clare, member for Bristol, on the linen manufacture in Ireland in 1770. Among the latest in date is a note of the Chevalier D'Eon. Scattered among the above in their chronological order arc many letters of the most brilliant member of the family whoso papers are being described, the statesman Charles Townshend. One of them is as early in date as September 1 735, when the writer was but ten years old; the next was written ten years later, from Scarborough, in which he gives his conviction that hi illnesses have no other source than constitutional weakness ; three years later he is again at Scarborough, looking forward to a seat at the Board of Trade, as well as for the borough of Yarmouth; and other letters to his mother give glimpses of his domestic life and character. The most important political document is the copy of a long letter he wrote to the Duke of Newcastle, April 30, 17G4, suggesting the steps to be taken to strengthen the opposition to the government of that day. A singular contribution to the history of the study of political economy will be found in the lengthy correspondence which passed in 1752 between the third Lord Townshend and the Rev. Josiah Tucker, afterward Dean of Gloucester ; and in the many letters, with their replies, written by the same Lord two or three years later to the authorities of Cambridge University, relative to his proposal to give a prize of twenty guineas each to the two best dissertations " upon subjects included within the U 24953. b X theory of trade." After much discussion the proposal was accepted, and the prizes awarded, but the subjects chosen were so little to his lordship's taste that he declined the offer made by the Vice-Chancellor to send the two winning dissertations for his perusal. Fortunately for historical and literary students, the present noble owner of Raynham has not placed such restraint upon the use of his manuscript treasures there as his ancestor, the third Viscount, thought fit to do. In May 1752 Horatio Walpole asked permission of this nobleman to have a sight of those letters which Lord Townshend's father " wrote and received while he was ambassador in Holland in the late Queen Anne's reign, 1 lecause I have under my consideration some Posthumous Works of the late Lord Bolingbroke, and the sight of your father's papers might be of service to set in a true light the false and scandalous misrepresentations of the transactions in which Lord Townshend had been greatly concerned." There is no record of any answer whatever having been made to this application, and more than two years later, in October 1754, Walpole repeats his application, Avith a reference to his previous letter. The rough draft of Lord Townshend's reply to this, from Raynham, deserves quoting at length. It runs thus : — " My father did during his retirement here in the country in the latter part of his life determine to write a history of his own times, which he had entered upon, and though he died soon after, yet as he had resolved rather to take the trouble on himself of drawing up this historical account than to leave it to any other hand, I think that he has by such his resolution plainly signified to me his inclination and desire that these papers which he has left in my custody should not be perused or made use of by any other hand. I should otherwise have been glad to have complied with your request." The portion of the following report which deals with the Townshend papers previous to 1700 was drawn up by Mr. W. O. Hewlett ; the papers of the last century were examined and calendared by the late Mr. H. Barr Tomkins. Upon the death of the last-named gentleman, while his calendar was still in manuscript, Mr. Hewlett undertook the revision of the whole report. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIIK MARQUESS TOWNSHEND, AT RAYNIIAM HALL, CO. NORFOLK. I. — Letters and Papers be pore 1600. Besides those set out below there are numerous letters between the Tuwnmu.m, following persons. Amy Bedingfeld (1591) ; Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stifkey, passim; Sir Drew Drury(1597); Sir Roger Townshend of Rainhftln (1577 et passim) ; Sir Edward Clere of Blickling (1582) ; William Townshend (1587); Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper (1569 et passim); John Dychfield, mayor of Lyme Regis (1577) ; Edward Walpole (1588) ; Sir Francis Wyndham Justice of the Common Pleas in 1579 (1576 et passim) ; Nicholas Bacon son of the Lord Keeper (1572) ; and many others of less note. N.D. Old memorandum hook in parchment covers, with no name or date. It appears to have been made about the beginning of the 16 th century, and contains a number of rough notes, written frequently in Norman French, all relating to the Townshends. It contains (inter alia) (1) notes tempore Henry VII. of payments of money, delivery of deeds, and of places where deeds and writings are to be found ; (2) Extracts from the wil lof a Lady Townshend, name not mentioned, who died 8 th Hen. 7. 1492-3 (possibly Ann daughter of Sir "William de Brewse wife of Sir Roger Townshend), the bequests are chiefly plate furniture and linen; (3) Similar extracts from the will of a Sir R. Townshend Chivalier, appointing chaplains at his various houses and detailing their duties. e adopted for remedying it. Forbidding the exportation of corn abroad, &c. 1577. Jan. 1 st . Emblem beautifully sketched in ink of a man on horseback and a man about to mount a bare backed colt. Above is written " Aliquaado tamen proficit qoo sero sapit." Then beneath follow the lines : Before the sturdye eolte will byde the bytt, He beares oftymes the broont of many blowes, But when at laste he letts his ryder sytt, He learns to rayne, and forwarde then he goes. Some men be coltes : they friske and flynge at first, Yett (onse well broke) suche men prove not the worstc. To the righte Honorable Sir Nycholas Bacon Knighte, Lorde Keeper of the Greate Seale, good newe yeare and many to God's good pleasure. My verie favorable good Lorde. Being latelye receavede into Her Majestie's service (wherein I hope to recover my decayede estate) I devisede to presente all my lordes and good frendes in Courte with certayne emblems for their new yeres gyftes, an exercyes, (as I judge) neyther unplesante nor unprofitable. Att leaste my mcaninge is thereby to showe proofe that nrypenn cann as well be paynfull in moral poetrie, as itt bathe bene hetherto over curious in expressingc of lighte affections. And my resolutione beinge suche, I coulde not chuse but proffer your Lordship the lyke presennte, an objecte not altogether corespondente to the gravite of your judgmente, and yett voyde of any vanitie which may justlie oftende your honorable disposicon and in full hope thereof I have put in hazarde to send you the same, beseachinge your Lordship thus to uuderstande I kept my koltish tricks much longer then was eyther for my credytte, or for my protfytte, I friskede, I flange, I refused the brydell of discre'tione, ard ran still at lardge in the fenns of sondrye follyes. At last it hath pleasede God to make reasone my ryder, and he haveinge firste corectede me, nexte enstructede me, and laste of all encouragede and coyed me. I begyne to beare the brydle pretelye well and hope so to goe for- wards as finay deserve in thende to be well placed in a prynce's stable. But (mv goode Lord) my colltyshc and jadishe tricks have longe svthens broughte me oute of ffleashe as withowtesome spedye provysione of good provender I shall never be able to endure a longe jorneye and therefor am enforcede to neye and braye unto your good Lordship and all other which have the keye of her Majesties storehouses beseaching righte humblie that you will voutchsatte to reamember me with some extreordynarye allowaunce when it fallethe. God preserve your Lord- ship to the common profl'yte and my perticulcr comfortc this firste of January 1577 and ever your Lordship's redye at comaunde. G. Li; GascOISNB. 1577. May 31 st . Greenwich. The Lords of the Privy Council. Lords Burghley, Lincoln, Sussex, Leicester, Sir Francis Knollys. Sir Francis Walsingham and James Croftes to the Justices of Norfolk, with regard to the injury done to the wool trade and to the customs by \ 2 4 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. certain persons who buy up all the wool and sell it again at what price they choose ; enclosing a list of such persons, and requiring the Justices to compel them in a bond of 100/. each only to buy such wool every year " as they by themselves and ther apprentices shall yerelie make or do to be maid and wrought in ther manticn howses in things used to be maid of wolle and mixed with wolle within this realme. And further they shall not buye anie to sell the same backe in whole againe to anie other." The list of persons who are to give bonds follows on another page. 1577. July 20 th . "From the Court at liichemond." Copy letter signed " W. Burghley," " Edward Lyncolne," " T. Sussex," " F.Knolles," " Ja Crofts," & "F. Walsingham,""but unaddressed, requiring a return of all the inns, taverns, and alehouses, on which a small tax is to be levied to raise money for the improvement of the port of Dover. 1578. April 27 th . Greenwich. Copy letters signed by Lords Burghley, Lincoln, Sussex, Warwick, and Hunsclon, Sir F. Knollys, Sir Christopher Hatton, Sir Francis Walsingham, and others, directed to the Sheriff and Justices of the Peace of the County of Norfolk as to the training of the militia in shooting. 1589. Aug. 20 th . " The Court at Otelandes." Copy letter from the Council to the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk as to the levying of a loan on the County. 1578. Dec. 23 rd . Copy Will of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. In the name of God Amen. The thre and twentithe daie of December in the yere of our Lord God a thousand fyve hundredthe seaventye and eighte and in the one and twentithe yere of the reigne of our Sovereigne Laydie Elizabethe by the Grace of God Queene of England Fraunce and Ireland Defendor of the Faithe etc. [I] Sir Nicholas Bacon Knighte Lord Keper of the Greate Seale of England beynge of whole mynde and memorie doe make this my present testament in manner and forme followynge revokynge all former wills and testaments made by me before the date hereof. First. I comyte my sowle to the hands of Almightie God whoe of his omnipotencie did create yt and of his infinite mercie redemed yt and nowe as my undoubted hope ys by the same mercifull redemcon will glorifie yt and save yt. My desier ys to be buried at Pawles where my tombe is. And because I geve noe blackes to the riche that have noe neede therefore I geve to t\w poore that have neede fyve hundredthe marks to be distributed aecordynge as by a sedule subscribed wythe my hand dothe appeare. 1 will notwithstandyng blackes be geven to my housholde folkes both at London and Gorhamburie and to all my childeren their husbands and wiffes. Item I geve to my deare and welbeloved wiefe one thowsande fyve hundredthe ounces of my plate whereof thone haulfe guylte and thother haulfe parcel guylte and white, to be chosen by hir oute of all my plate excepte soutche parcels as I geve awaye by speciall name. I give hir also all my lynen, naperie, hangynges, coches, lytters, and all other my howshold stufe and howsholde stoore remayninge at London excepte my readie money, plate and armor and excepte suche evidence as apperteyne to eny lands or hereditaments as be assigned to eny of my children by my former wief, and excepte suche things as remayne in my studie and suche things as I geve awaye by aiSTOBICAL M LNU8CRIPT8 COMMISSI* special] woordee requyringe my wief in consideracon of the same Mak ,. provision and Btoore to kepe bo many of my bowsholde together al her charges durynge amonethe alter my deathe as will tarri< so longefor _ 1' the better doinge whereof 1 give hir in readie money <•''. I give hir also suche Jewells an.l golsmythes worke (excepte plate) as remaynethe with hir. 1 will also to mj said wief all my horses and geldynga And also all my intereste in all mystockesof sheepe goyngo at [nghamor Tymwoorthe or within enj or mj Bheepe courses then: To posse and use durynge hir life uppon condicon that within one yeare uexte alter my decease and before her manage agayne she become bounde to my executors in the some, of twoo hundredthe pounds thai at the she shall receave. And this is donne because I ame bownde uppon covenaunts of marriage of my eldest sonne to leave suche a stocke after the deathe of my said wief And I will that the stockes letten with Stifkey goe as the lands is there appoynted to goe and remayne And I will that the one haulfe of all the howsholde stul'e that shall rcmayii at (Jorhamburiu at the tvine of my deathe (excepte my plate, tent and pavyliou) to Authonie at thage of 24 years And if he die before then to Frauncis at the same age And thother haulfe I will to Anthouie after the deathe of my wief And in the meanetynie my wief to have the use of it. To whome also I geve all my greene store of howseholde remayninge either at Redbui'n or Windridge and all my other goodes and cattails remayninge there (except my plate and money and other things before geven or excepted). item I will that all that my lease of Aldenham and all eopiehold lands or tenements lyinge in the parrishes of Sainte Michall or Sainte Stephens nighe Saint Albones or joyniuge to any lands of Westwicke, rhamburie or Praye shall remayne and goe accordynge as my howse of Gorhamburye is appoynted to goe and remayne. Item I geve to my said wief all my intereste in Yorke Howse in consideracon of which legacies and in consideracon of suche assurances ofmannors lands and tenements as I have assuered onto my said wief and tor all loves that have benne betwene us I desier her to see to the well bringing upp of my twoo sonnes Authonie and Frauncis that are QOwe left poore orphans without a father. And further I will and bequethe to the said Authonie my sonne all thai my lease and tearme of yeres and all my intereste and demaunde which I have of or in all those woodes comonly knowne or called by the name or names of Brittetfirth alias Brighteighfirthe alias Brighteighe de and Burnel Eeathe lyinge andheyngein the parrish of Sainte Stephens in the countie ofHertforde And also all that yerely rente of £26 L3 I due and payable for the said woodes And also all my ighte tittle and possession which 1 have of and in eny land- tenements ind heriditamentes assuered to my said [son] Sir Nicholas for the true payment of the said rente of £26 13 4 And also all that my lease and tearme of yeres and all my tittle and intereste and demaunde which I have of or in the fearme of Pynner Parke lying in the parrishe of Harrowe in the County of Middlesex. And also of and in all my other landes tenements and heriditaments lying in the said parrishe of Har- rowe To have and to houlde to the said Authonie the said woodes lying within the said parrishe of Sainte Stephens And all the said fearme called Pynner Park and all the said landes and heriditaments in Harrowe for and duryinge so maney yeres as yt shall happen the 6 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. said Anthonie to live. And if yt shall fortune the said Anthonie to die before the full ende and expiracon or dcterminacon of the said leases and tearmes of yeares therein contained then my will and intent is that the eldeste sonne of the bodie of the said Anthonie for the tyme beynge and the heyres mayles of his bodie for the tyme bcynge shall haye houlde occupie and enjoye successively during their several] lyves all the said woodes and fearme and other the premysses before bequeathed to the said Anthonie for so rnaney yeres as the said eldeste sonne of the said Anthonie for the time beinge or the heyres males of the bodie of the said eldeste sonne shall severallye and successivelie fortune to live and yf it fortune the said Anthonie and his said eldeste sonne and the heyres males of the said eldest sonne and everie of them to die without issue male of their bodies and of the body of every of them before the full ende and determination of the saide leases and termes of yeares therein contayned,then my will and full meanynge is further that Frauncis my sonne shall have houlde occupy and enjoye the said woodes fearme and other the premysses before bequeathed to the said Anthonie. To bym the said Frauncis his executors and assignes for ever. Item I geve also to my eldeste sonne and his heyres all my fearmes in Mildenhall and of Langerfearme and of the lands and tenementes in llketeshall and of my bowse in Silver Streete that I have of the House of Westminster and of my fearme of Dullynghams. And further I will to my said heyre my tent and pavilyon remay- ninge at Gorhamburie and all my apparrell armor and weapon re* niaininge eyther at Redgrave or at any howse in London and all my howshoulde stufe stocke stoore and other goodes remayning at Redgrave, and all things remayninge in my studie at London excepte suche as be geven awaye by speciall wordes. Item I geve to Roberte Blackeman my nephewe all my intereste in the lease of the meadowes and grounde at Hame. And to Nathaniell my sonne towardes the buildynge of his howse at Stifkey twoo hundredthe poundes and besides all my lease of the lands in Stifkey and my stocke of sheepe goeing uppon them. J tern I give to the Master and Fellowes of Bennet Colledge in Cam- bridge to the buildinge of a chapped there cc u . And I geve to every of my freendes and to my servantes and suche other person as be named in a pagyne hereafter followynge subscribed with my hand all suche thyngs and somes of money as beene in the same appoynted. Provided alwayes that iff Ann my said wief doe not make or cause to be made within one yere next after my decease and before she be maried agayne to everie of my sonnes Nicholas, Nathaniell, Edwarde^ Anthonie and Frauncis, a sufficient release in lawe of all her right tittle iutereste and demaundes of dower of and in all the mannors landes tene- ments and hereditamentes whereof by reason of my seysin she is or then shalbe dowable and deliver or cause to be delivered to everie of my said sonnes one suche release within the said yere and before she be maried, then I will all my legacies guifts and bequestes to her made shalbe voied and then I will the same together with the rest of my goodes debtes and cattalles after my debtes paied funeralls discharged and lega- cies performed to my eldeste sonne Nicholas. Item I will that the hundrethe poundes stocke remayninge with the Mayor of Sainte Albones and his brethern's handes for the settiuge of the poore of woorke be continued in their handes so longe as they per- ferme the covenauntes agreed uppon betweene them and me otherwise that my wief or heyres to Gorhamburie receave and kepe the same. HI8T0EI0AL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, 7 And of this my will I make my executors Sir Nicholas Hacon Knyghte iinil Nathanyell Bacon, and over-en- my Lorde Treaeorer my brother in lawe to whom I geve a standynge cuppe with b cover garnyshed with christall weighing 53 ounces 3 quarters, and to my Ladie Bnrghleye my sister in lawe a deepe bowle with a cover haveyng my cognizaunce weighing 21 ounces and a half. To Anthonie my Jewell that I weare and to my daughter Bacon my eldeste Bonne's wief my cheaste in my study made by Albert and my little boxe with ringes and to Mistress Butts my ringe with the beste turquois. In wittnes whereof 1 have subscribed everie pagyne of this my will with mvne oWne tiande and set to my scale the daie and yere fir ste above written. lf>78. The names of the poorest prisoners in the comon gayle ii; the Kinges Beuche who this 6"' of Marche received the som of foure pownds as the legacye of the ryght honorable S r Nicholas Bacon Knyght decessyd late Lord Keper of the Great Seale of England by thands of Hugh Morgan grocer and Thomas Awdeley skynner. Endorsed : Prisoners acquittances. 1579. June 12 th . " StKateryns." Nicholas Mynne to Nathaniel Bacon. News of the town. The Bishop of York just dead. The Queen has been " syckly " but is now better. 1579. Aug. 19 th . "From the Court at Nonsuch." Copy letter signed by Sir Thomas Egerton, Sir W. Knowles, Sir Robert North, Sir Robert Cecil, Lords Hunsdon and Buckhurst, to whom does not appear, " After our hartie comendacons, Ave have receaved a letter from Sir Henry Woodhouse by which we perccave that som of you the Comys- Bioners have not only taken from him the charge which longe tyme was comytted unto him, but have of late appointed him againe to attend the defence of Yarmouth not allowing him those forces that have benne by former direccon appointed for that purpose. Theia courses seminge straunge unto us that you should proceed in such sorte with a gente of reputacou and good service, we canne do no lesse then requier you to yecld us a reason and accompt of your doeings in that behalf, and what moved you to take those unf'reindly courses with a gente of his sorte." 1579 [about]. Paper headed " The charge of the buryall in Paules," and endorsed "The verger's bill, to the ryght worshipfull Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight and other the executors of my Lord Keper." It probably refers to the burial of Sir Nicholas Bacon Lord Keeper of the C.reat Seal, who died in 157!>. It gives an estimate (which comes to 18/. 4s. Ad.) of the cost of a funeral at St. Paul's and is signed "Alexander Nowcll, deane, Jo: Mullins, Jo: Walker." 1581. March 1 1">. Blickling. Sir Edward Clcre to Nathaniel Bacon, enclosing a copy of a letter from the Privy Council relating to some wax come ashore by reason of a wreck to which certain persons, living near the coast, lay claim. It is her Majesty's pleasure that ten thousand weight of the said wax be delivered to her messenger on her behalf. 1582. Nov. I6 ,b . Sir Edward Clerc to Nathaniel Bacon, concerning injuries inflicted on Sir Edward by his "cousin Heidon," forcibly entering Saxlingham House, killing and impounding his cattle, assaulting his servants, &:<•, 8 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MABQPB8H 1583. Paper beaded "The orygiuall of the falling out of M r Thomas T ° W mII. END Cooper ami M 1 Robert Markham the younger at Sowthwell the 12 th — ' of Maye 1583 in the presence of M r Thomas Locke M r William Sutton the younger and M r Marshall brother in law to M r Markham." L587. Nov. 22 nd . Sir Francis Wyndham to Nathaniel Bacon. " The opportunytye of this berer together with the freshenes of occur- rents here, moveth my wrytynge at this present. Here is very fresh newes and that dyversely confyrmed, that there be at Dun- kyrke of late ccme 12000 Italyan sowldyersj but whither they shall be sent ys dowbted. Some saye into Fraunce, some feare into Scot- laude, or yf hither or not ys unknowen. But upon this, though there have bene a great calme and stylnes in not executynge soch preparatyon as was publyshed in the Star chamber should be made at everye hande as well by sea as by lande, yet even now upon advertisement that came but yesterdaye upon conference by the Privye Cownsell yt ys sayd to be resolved that my Lord Admyrall shall presently go to the sea with a great navye. And this daye came there letters from my Lorde of Hunsden that the Scotts have fayled of kepynge of the dayes of trewce at which was promised restytution of and amends for the great spoyles of late taken by the Scotts. Whereupon my Lord of Hunsden in person hath entered into Scotlande and hath taken a great botye there to satys- fie the partyes afore spoyled. The Kynge there hath a great power up and in redynes. He geveth owt that he ys dryven for his owne safetye agaynst some of his own subiects to provyde his power for his owne defence. But yt ys not beleved, for rather yt ys thought that he maketh hymselfe redye to joyne with forren forces to invade us, and therfore his excuses begyn not to be trusted nor beleued. Here ys other good newes even yesterday advertysed hither That there be 12 hulkes laded with cordadge (which ys cables and soch lyke furniture for ships) by tempest of wether dryven into Plymowthe haven in the west contrye, which by the helpe of two or three shypps beyng then nere upon the coast helped them to be kept and stayed there, though they moch resisted the same. They came from Hanboroughe (Hamburgh) and were goyng to Lyseburne (Lisbon) as a provision made for the Kynge of Spayne's navye. But by God's providens more then by humayne foresyght they be stayed to do us good to unfurnyshe the adversarye. And so we may see how moch we are bound to God if we wold be thankefull." 1590. Jan. 9 th . " The Courte at Richnionde. Letter signed " Chr. Hatton, Cane," "W. Burghley," " Hounsdon," "T. Howard," " T. Heneage," " J. Fortescue," " J. Wolley," and " F. Cobham " to Nathaniel Bacon, Esq., appointing him collector of a loan about to be raised in the county of Norfolk. 1591. March 1 st . "A certificat touching divers persons who have had privie seales delivered unto them for the loane of money within the Countie of Norfolk." Lists of persons who have furnished money on loan for the Queen's service; of persons who the justices consider have not lent enough ; of persons certified to be too poor to lend any thing ; and of persons who arc able to lend, but whose names have been omitted. 1592. Oct. Copy of a long letter (in Sir Nathaniel Bacon's writing) from the Justices of Norfolk and Suffolk, probably to the Privy Council, as to a grant made to two persons named William Garton and Robert Kyrke of the profits of the forfeiture of a penal statute for the sowing of flax and hemp in Norfolk and Suffolk. In a letter from their Lord- HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 9 ships the Justices were required to call before them tin- patentees and „ M i£?E*5£» other witnesses and to certify to the Council the correctnesE or non- hss. correctness of their accounts. This has been done, though the paten- tees, when summoned, neglected to appear, and the accounts have been proved to be false. The patentees appear to have been under ;i contract to construct a pier ;it Sheringham iu Norfolk from the proceeds of the grant of the forfeitures, and the Justices ha servants had made him fortlicomying. He sayd he deserved \t well and how yt was but that one of his men dyd mete hym and asked hym 10 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MABQUB88 TOWNSHKM" MS8. whether he did not speke certen words of my Lord Chamberlain, which he confessed he dyd and thereupon he brake his heade with his dagger. So then I shewed the whole facte which he denyed and sayd further that I bare hym and all his mallyce for that he was houest agaynst my brother for the Scotts." Sir Francis relates several other charges preferred against him by the Lord Chamberlain and his answers thereto " and so when all this was done the dynner was redye and my Lord Chamberlaine sayd he had xx tv other matters I should awnswer hereafter and so I departed." 1 598. April 30 th . Stif key. Paper in Sir Nathaniel Bacon's writing headed "A,warrant to be sent to all the C. Con. (sir) in Norffolk," requiring that all persons who advanced money to the Crown on loan, should defer seeking repayment for six months. Giving below the names of all those in the several districts of the County to whom this warrant is to be communicated. 1599. July 19 th . Norwich. Paper headed "Matters agreed upon at Norwich in execution of the CouncelTs letters of the 3 rd of May, for musters in the Countie of Norfolk." The orders are signed by Sir Christopher Hey don, Sir Philip Woodhouse and Sir Nathaniel Bacon. N.D. [but about 1600]. P the Essex rebellion, and statin " In the Toweare. Earlle of Essex. Earlle of Rutland. Earlle of Sowthamton. Lord Saundes. Lord Mountegello Lord Cromwell. Ser Charlies Davies. Ser Christopher Blonte. In Ncwe Gaite. Ser Jhon Davies. Ser Gillam Merricke. Sir Hinerie Carie. M r Treshame. M r Doweall. In the Gard House. Ser Jhon Hadame. Ser I.'obarte Vcron. Ser Christopher Lay don. In the Marshallseas. Ser Edward Myckilborn. M 1 Buehell. M r Cosnall. M r Bucke. aper giving a list of persons implicated in g where they were imprisoned. Ser Edward Banshaind. Ser Edward Letilltowne. M r Fraunces Maneres. M r Gregorie Brigge. M r Cas'he. In the Counter in Wodstret. M r Thomas West. M r Man. M r Foster. M r Addine. M r Dasoune. M r Compton. M r Arwell. M r Elleap Jonncs. M r Jhon Laid. M r Lawsonne. M r Richard Herferd. In the Flcte. Ser Charles Perce. Ser .Jhon Perce. In the Counter in the Poult rie. M r Raphe Smeth. M r Williame Parratt. M r Thomas Blondall. M r Fraunces Kinersleaye. M r Williame Grauntam. M r Edward Harte. M r Edward Harber. M r Richard Chamley. M r Auntheny Rouse. M r Jhon Ardinge. M r Jhon Trimpe. M r Fraunces Leaster. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 11 M r Thomas Sandall. M r Thomas Tippinges. Ser William Constabill. Bl* Peter Redall. IM 1 Williame Orrme. M r .Jhon Morries. M 1 John Parmell. M r Eobaxte Coote. M r .John Binbrigge. DO M r Gregorie Sissill. M r Alexander Greshim. M* Jhon KolMirtes. In Ludgaite Feloninge. M'Jhon Wheller. M 1 Thomas Wheeler. M r Thomas Medley. M r William Liane. M r -Jhon Grainte. M r Jhon Wright. M r Christopher While. Tlie Lordeof Sussiex in hould at Ser Jhon Stanuope's. The Lorde of Bedford in houlldal Alldermone Holidaie's. Captine Sallesberie .slaine in Essiexe house." N D. Ann Lady Gresham to her nephew Nathaniel Bacon respecting the sale of sonic land. i\.I). March 11 th . Lady Gresham to her nephew Nathaniel Bacon relating to the sale of some of her property. Marc T"W\ -in.-. l> MBS. II. — Letters and Papers from 1600 to 1660. Among the letters of no importance save to the correspondents are some between ; Ihnry Earl of Northampton (1611) ; Sir Horace Townshend after- wards the 1st Lord Townshend of Lyme Regis passim; Sir Roger Townshend his father, passim ? Henry Curzon (1624); Mildmay 2nd Earl of Westmoreland who married the widow of Sir Roger father of the first Lord Townshend (S.I).) ; Anne wife of Sir John Townshend and daughter of Sir Nathaniel Bacon (1614 et passim) ; Elizabeth Knyvet ( 1626) Dorothy wife of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stifkey (S.D.) ; Nathaniel Knyvet (1634); Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stifkey (1614 el passim) ; Sir Philip Wodehonse of Kimberley (1612): Lady Towns- hend wife of Horace 1st Lord Townshend (16.54V Sir Hamon Le Strange (1623) ; and many others from and to members of the Towns- hend and Bacon families. 1600. Jan. 20 th . Copy declaration signed Christopher Heydon, Mylee Corbett, Na. Bacon, Thomas Knyvett, Edm. Mundeford, W. Welby, Rich. Stubbe, and Mathcw Gamble Commissioners appointed for settling a controversy which had arisen as to what towns should coil- tribute to the repair of the banks of the township of Terrington, Btating that the townships of WiggenhaU, Tylney, and Clendwarton are not liable to contribute. 1600. July 7 th . Lynn. The Mayor and Corporation of Lynn tu Nathaniel Bacon High Sheriff of Norfolk, Sir John Townshend, Sir Christopher Heydon, and Sir Philip Woodhouse, claiming an exemption from musters outside their town, by charter. 1600. Dec. Copy interrogatories and answers thereto relating to the repair of the sea walls of Marshland in Norfolk and as to what town- ships are liable to defray the expenees of the same. 12 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. T^^Sro 1,i()1 - April. Copy letter from the Justices of Norfolk to the Lords MSS. " f the Privy Council as to a recent order prohibiting the carrying oi' corn from port to port, requesting that this order may be rescinded, as there is now no scarcity of coin, and on account of petitions they have received to that elfect from shipowners who go to get coals from New- castle and who have been accustomed to carry on their way thither corn &c. for the northern markets. 1601. May 24 th . Greenwich. Copy letter from the Privy Council to the Commissioners for the Musters in Norfolk, for reducing the num- bers in each trainband of the militia, so that no man should have com- mand of more than two hundred men. 1601. July 15 th . Norwich. The Justices of the Peace of Norfolk to the Privy Council, giving the names of the gentlemen appointed to view the decays of the sea bank at Terrington and to estimate the charge of repairing it. 1601. Nov. 30 th . Whitehall. Copy letter from the Privy Council signed Tho. Egerton; T. Buckhurst; Nottingham; E.Worcester; W. Knollys; J. Stanhope; Bo. Cecyll ; Jo. Fortescue; Jo. Popham ; J. Herbert; to the Commissioners of Sewers for the County of Norfolk, as to the repair of the sea walls of Torrington and what townships in Marshland are liable to help defray the cost thereof. 1602. March. Letter in Sir N. Bacon's writing, from the Justices of Norfolk to the Privy Council (probably, but it is not addressed) " The transportacon beyonde the seas to places in amity with her Majesty being ■ the onely markett for our somer corne in this tyme of plentie, doth so much import the state of our contrey here in Norffolk, as wee are bold to crave your honour's favours, that it would please you to give direccon wherby warrants maie be sent to the officers of our ports for libertie to shippe away barley, malt, peas, and beanes and also beere, payeing her Majesty's custome, according to the Statute. The reasons which move us to be suitors herin be especially these. First our experience letteth us see that our contrey is so emptied of money, as a nomber of persons within the same when thei are demaunded to make payment towards sondrie charges of her Majesty's service and the realme, are to seake, and do praie a staye, untill thei mai sell that wherewith thei maie gett money." Now that corn is more plentiful (barley is stated to be at 10s. per quarter) the writers beg that permission for its transportation may be allowed, as benefitting growers, sailors, and her Majesty's Customs. 1602. March 15 th . The court at Richmond. Copy letter from the Privy Council to Sir Arthur Hevenyngham Knight High Sheriff of Nor- folk, Sir Philip Woodhouse, Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, Nathaniel Bacon, and others, in answer to a letter from them to the Justices of Norfolk, of March 1602 (see above) stating that they will give licen< eg to a limited extent to persons in the county to export corn and beer beyond the seas. 1602. May 1 st . Copy letter unsigned and uuaddressed, but the person written to is styled "My Lord," and the letter mentions "this port of Lynn." It relates to the question of exportation of corn and grain, which is forbidden by statute, and requests that, as there is a very plentiful supply this year, exportation may be permitted. 1603. Feb. 15 th . "At the Court." Thomas Lord Buckhurst to Nathaniel Bacon Steward of the King's manors of West Walton, Walso- U88 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 13 ken, Kmctli andTylney, requiring him not to grant admittances or receive marquee sin renders of any tenants of those manors until further notice, and to Tl, ^- |||Mi send a certificate of the value of the said manor-. 1603. July 5 th . Lord Buckhurst and others to tin- officers <>t the port of Lynn, forbidding strictly the exportation of corn or beer beyond the seas except to Scotland. 1603. Sept. 23 rd . Norwich. Draft letter in Sir Nathaniel Bacon's writing, From the Justices of Norfolk, to the Earl of Northampton Lord Lieutenant of the County, on the subject of the musters. 160G-1609. " M r . William Smith's charges uppon his beinge at ( lambridge. M ii 1 1; a el mas quarter 1605. — For Mr. Perci vail and the Schoolmaster's charges to Cambridge about his admittance - xxxviij 9 Christmas quarter 1605. — For seeleing a chamber in Trinity Colledge ----- liij u For a yeares rent from Michaelmas 1605 - liij 3 iiij d Geven Mr. William in money x 8 For a violl ----- l* Summa - - xi 1 ' xi 3 iiij d "Lady quarter 1606. — For Seton's logicke and paper xvi d For a truncke and porter - - xix 3 x** Geven him when he went to Cambridge - xxx s For apparrell for him to Mr. Anguishe - iiij 11 xvii 8 vi d For the schoolmaster and 2 men's charges with him to Cambridge - _ - - xlix 9 iij d For poynts ----- ij 9 To Mr. Aldrich his tutor to defray his charges 27 th May - - - - xx u Summa - - xxix 11 xix 8 x d M Midsomer quarter 1606. — For a pott given the Col- ledge ------ v 1 ' vi s x a To Mr Smith - v 3 Geven Mr Aldrich by my Lady Bacon - I s Added geven to officers and servants there - - xiij" For my Ladie's charges to Cambridge to see her sonne - - vij H xviij s x (i Geven to Mr William Smith - - v 9 Geven by my Ladie to schollers - - iiij a vj d Added geven to the wayter at Cambridge - - ij 9 vj d li s A 16 2 10 Summa - - xv H vij a iiij d "Michaelmas quarter 1606. — To Mr.Buckworth the tutor by Thurlow 24 th October - - - xiij 1 ' v} a viij« For carriage of the same to Cambridge - iij" iiij d For a paire of garters ... viij a Sent him ----- v 9 For cambricke for ruffs ... yijja Summa - - xiiij 1 ' xi" Summa pagine 7 1 1 9 8 6 d 34 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marqeuss Towx8HEND HSS. " Christmas quarter 1606. — To his tutor Mr Buck- worth 2"? January - For tuition then - To him 18 th January - To Mr Smith - For a paire of pantofles ... To him at Stewkey 2 nd January For his expenses at Falsham - For a paire of shoes .... To him at his returne to Cambridge - For his expences upon his returne to Cam- bridge - For cambricke .... Added For a sword and dagger, girdle and spurres » Ladie quarter 1607.— To Mr Buckworth 6 Aprill - To him 20 th Junii - Midsomer quarter 1607. — To Mr Smith 12 th August To him 17 th September ... For lavrae for him - For shoes - To him at Stewkey - For gloves - To him more - For his charges from Cambridge to Stewkey and upon his goeing againe thether Sent him to Cambridge - To Mr Kempe upon a bill for apparrell For shoes viij s viij d . Sent him x s My ladie's charges at Cambridge Michaelmas quarter 1607. — To Mr Burckworth 16 th October ---... To him 19 th December For porter of the money - For knitting a paire of stockings lvi x u X s iij" XXX s iij8 yjd iija v jd XXXV 8 XJ viij 8 lviij 8 ij d x" x'i v li l 8 V s viij d iijs v jd X s vi 3 xx 8 Ivij 8 iiij d X s vij H xij 3 xviij 8 viij d ix a xvj s Xlj< Summa pagine 90'' 11 s l d Added to M r Smyth at diverse tymes in the holly dayes ----- Christmas quarter 1607. — To M r Buckworth 25 th Jan. To him in February - For shoes - For his charges from Cambridge to Stewkey - For shoes - To him when he returned - .To him more - Added for a saddle bridle and furniture For his charges upon his goeing againe to Cambridge ----- For porter of money to the carrier xxviij 11 xvij 8 iij d * Summa Ladie quarter 1608. — To Mr. Buckworth 18 th Junii - Added for portage - A iJ d J xlv 9 x" x" iijs vi d xxix 8 vij d xiij iiijd XX s x 8 XX 8 XXXI] is V fl - xxv 11 xij 8 lij d xij 1 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 15 Midsomer quarter 1608. — To him 5 th August \ n \ -a »;;d Mu For carriage of money - - xij d J x X1J ''"",, Summa - - * u x i j ■ Michaelmas quarter 1608. — To him 27 th October - x 1 ' Sent him to Cambridge with xij d to the porter \i For apparrell provided at London by M r Kempe - viij 11 vij« viij' 1 Geven liim mouey ... - xx" Added to him 3 rd December for expences - - xxx* For a hatt ----- vij s vi d Added to him for expences v 9 For boots and shoes • x vij 3 x d xxij 1 ' xix s Summa - xx" iiij 3 Christmas quarter 1608. — To M r Buekworth in full - xvij H j s iiij d To M r Smith at Stewkey - - - xx 3 For a paire of pantofles - - - iij 8 iiij d For apparrell - iiij 11 xviij 8 xxij 11 ij 3 viij d Summa - - xxi 11 xij 3 viij d And in this tyme he Summa of the charges dureing" came often into the his being at Cambridge cuntrey and staide longe before he went to London . ui . a with M T Stanhope ac- being from our Lady 1606 j * companinge him and his till February 1609 aboute j man. 3 yeares J li s d 1 s d 250 10 6 Summa pagine - 88 9 11 M r William Smith's Expenses after his goeing to the iNNF.sof Court. Christmas quarter 1608. — For his expences up to London with M r Stanhope and his man - - iij u yj s For his diett and horsemeate at London - xxxviij s ix" For his horses backe - xvp iij d To him for the quarter ending at our Lady 1609 - - - - xx 1 ' For the lease of a chamber and furnishing it - xxvj 1 ' v a vj d For a gowne .... yii x ij s x d For lace for a suite - - - - x ix" viij 1 ' Summa - - los 1 ' U>< o d Lady quarter 1609.— To M r Smith 23 rd Martii - xx 1 ' For carriage of a truncke - iii s iij d To M* Kempe for interest for lx 1 ' laide out for the lease of the chamber - iiij 1 ' xip To the taylor for making his apparrell - xl 3 For a close stole ... - v jjj- vj ' Paied uppou a bill for apparrell - - xiiij 1 ' xvij" v l Summa - - 42 1 ' 2' o d 1G HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Masqubss T'WXSHEND DISS. Midsomer quarter 1609.— To M r Smith 17 th Junii - To him xi th July - For garters and poynts - - - Delivered him in money this quarter more Summa Michaelmas quarter 1609. — For a liverie eloake for his man ------ To himselfe in money - XX 1 ! i XX * xvi s xiij* 1 iii) u 43 1 16 9 ;a XXXV s nj xxvij s iij c M r William Smith's Charges at Cambridge upon his last returne thether. Added expences for M r Smythe's returne to Cam- bridge - Paid him xi th October Paid to M 1 ' Anguish for his apparrell xxvi 8 viij d xli iiij 11 xv s Summa 17 1 17 s 6 d 19 1 4* Summa pagine 212 1 15 s 7 d XXXV s iij" v ! 2 d For a sword - fLent him 13 th Aprill I More lent 24 th Aprill Paid to J More 13 th May M r ^ For grogarine - Kempe For glaseing a paire of stockings For an ell of cambricke __For interest ... To M r Smith 6 th November - Summa Christmas quarter 1609. — For shoes To M r Smith 29 th January - To him 6 th February - For a hatt - Middsummer quarter 1610. — Disbursed (as appear eth in Midsomer quarter 1610) For a remainder of debt lor apparrell - Summa } xi u v li x jjs ij s X s XV s 37 n 19 9 d Vlj B X'i x li . xii 8 iiij d vij H vj s vi^ 28 1 5 s 10 d Summa pagine 66 1 4 s 10 1 Summa laid out from Christmas 1608 till Febr. 1609 ... - cclxxix 1 ' v d Summa total is - - cxxix 11 x 8 xi d Endorsed. Particulers of M r William Smythe's expences butt nott the particulers proved. The following entries relating to Mr. William Smith's education occur in the " Particular disbursements by Sir Nathaniel Bacon sumed upp " as Executor of M r William Smyth the Father. Item geven to the College librarie in books - - xx 11 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 17 Education of William and Oiri/n Smyth in tin hotOH Tow Item for M r William Smythe's and Sir Owyn Smythe'fi charges of lodginge, apparrell, dyett, Bcoolinge, and at- tendance for viij yeares and a halfe in Sir Nathaniel Bacon's howse att cc u per ann. amounting in tolo for c that tyme to - - - - - - xvij u Expenses l>u Mr. William Smyth att Cambridg and Grayes Line for 4 yeares. Item for M r William Smythe's expences and maintenance att Cambridge and Grayes Inne for fower yeares or thereabouts as by particulers in Sir Nathaniel's Booke of receipts and payments appeareth viz. from our Ladye /. s. d. 1606 untill February 1609 in toto - - 529-10 11 Expences for maintenance of Sir Owyn Smyth att Steiukye and Cam- bridge. Item for Sir Owyn Smythe's mayntenance and expenses att Stewkye and Cambridge for 4 yeares or thereabouts viz. from our Ladye 1606 untill the death of his brother M r c William Smyth in February 1609 in toto at c u per ann. iiij 11 The whole charge of the profits of M r William Smythe's lands re- ceived by Sir Nathaniel Bacon Knight A.U. 1597 to 1609. Sum total - - - £6669. 15. 5L Particular account of the disbursements by Sir Nathaniel Bacon. A.D. 1547 to A.D. 1609. For the Lady Bacon's debts due by her before Sir Nathaniel's mar- riage with her. For debts of M r William Smith the Lady Bacon's first husband. For jewels bought and other extraordinary charges expended for the Lady Bacon before and after marriage. For fines paid to the Lady Bacou for admittances within M r Smith'* manors. For the education of M r William Smyth (who died in February 1609J and Sir Owen Smyth (at Stewkey and Cambridge) by Sir Nathaniel Bacon for or concerning them or their estate or estates during the time they were in his tuition education and government. For the purchase of lands in Irmingland and for the building ami finishing of the bouse there. Excess of disbursements over receipts £4734. 7. 9\ and half farthing. 1600. June 10"'. Wyssett. The inhabitants of the town of Wysoett to Sir Nathaniel Bacon and Lady Dorothy his wife requesting them to appoint M r Swallow to the living "as minister in succession to his brother recently dead. 1607. .Jan. 9 th . Letter in Sir Nathaniel Bacon's writing, Qnad- dressed, but probably to the Pi-iw Council, announcing the decision come to by t be Justices of the Peace of the County of Norfolk in a ease which had been referred to them, between Benry Clifton, Esq. plaintiff and John, Henry, and Robert Kempe defendants, relating to the defendants' lands lying in the plaintiffs fold-course. 1007. Sep. 21 9t . Feltwell. Sir Edward Moundeford to u the Steward of the Courte of his Majestie's mauer of Methwold," concerning a procla- D 24953. B Mss 18 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. r^f5?~»« mation to he made at the next court hy order of Sir John Fortescue mss. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster concerning the "breakeinge & spoylinge the Kinge's soyle and destroylnge of his shepe's course ther by ttfggi Dge flagges aud turtles ther." Tlie letter goes on to specify the c x ac t places where the damages complained of have been committed. 1608. Sep. 21 st . Burnham. Petition signed by the^inhabitants of Buruham to the Justices of the Peace of Norfolk complaining of one Henry Hopkins for bad behaviour and " all lewdnes " aud praying he may be proceeded against. On the other side is a statement signed by Sir Nathaniel Bacon, of charges proved against Hopkins. 1609. June 16 fh . Serjeants Inn. Copy letter signed Tho. Fleming ; Edw. Fenner ; Chr. Yelverton ; Da. Williams ; and Jo. Crooke to whom is not stated, probably to the Justices of Norfolk. Many pri- soners have lately been set free by forged writs of Habeas Corpus : the writers require for the future that, upon receipt of a writ of Habeas Corpus to bring any prisoner into the Courc of King's Bench or before any Judge, the said prisoner be conveyed safely guarded to the place directed by the writ, and not to be set at liberty. 1609. Oct r 21 st . Letter from Llenry (Howard) Earl of Northampton to Sir Henry Gawdy, Sir Arthur Heveningham, Sir Philip Woodhouse, and Sir Nathaniel Bacon, Knights, Deputy Lieutenants in the County of Norfolk, touching the proportion of the muster-master's allowance. 1610. Dec. 21 st . " This Saint Thomasses day" Ann Lady Towns- hend (wife of Sir John Townshend and daughter of Sir Nathaniel Bacon) to M r Mason. Sending " 2 turkyes and a pheasant, 7 brace of partrige and halfe a dosen greene plover alsoafewe puddings .... for a breakfast to my brother Sir Robert, yourselfe and my sunn Roger ; I wish them worthy your eatinge." 1611. July 8 th . Northampton House (Copy J. Henry Earl of Northampton to Sir Philip Woodhouse, Sir Charles Cornwallys, Sir Henry Gawdy, Sir Henry Heveningham, Sir Henry Bedingtield, and Sir Nathaniel Bacon, deputy lieutenants of Norfolk, on the subject of the masters. No muster has been held until this year, since 1591, and Lord Northampton is amazed to see that this year the horse are 500 fewer than they wen; in 1591. This he attributes to the negligence of the deputy lieutenants and he therefore requires them to hold musters of all the forces every year and to raise them to the 1591 establishment. 1612. June 29 th . " Articles agreed upon at Norwich signed by Sir Philip Wodehouse and Sir Nathaniel Bacon, relating to the mustering of the militia bands. 1613. Nov. 15 th . London. Sir Ralph Cave, Sir Henry Bedingtield, Sir Henry Spelman and others to Sir Nathaniel Bacon. A letter has been received by the writers from the Privy Council directed as well to them as to Sir Nathaniel and other Norfolk justices, requiring them to survey the damage made by the sea on the district called Marshland, appointing a tune to meet at Stowbridge to survey the said damages. 1613. Dec. 10"'. Whitehall. The Privy Council to the Justices of'Nor- foik enclosing His Majesty's directions to be observed in the keeping of Lent. 1614. July 16 th . Whitehall. Letter signed " T. Suffolke" ",Gilb. Shrewsbury,'" "E.Worcester," " W. Knollys" « Ralphe Winwood " HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION" 19 "JufcCatfar" and"Tho: Lake " directed to " the Heigh Sheriflfe for the Mabq time being of the Countie of Norfolk Sir Phillip Woodehowse Knightand MSd . Barronnett Sir Henry Gawthey Sir Arthur Heveningham Sir Thomas Hobbarf Sir Hamon L' Estrange Sir Nathaniel Bacon and Sir Henry Bed- ingfield Bang's Justices of the Peace of the said Countie." Appointing them Commissioners i'<>r musters in the County of Norfolk"to cause generall veiwes and musters to be taken of all the forces in thai countie boeth of horse and foote." 1614. July is 11 '. Whitehall. Same to Same. On the Bame rabjecl directing the Commissioners not to remove any officers at present holding commissions and expressing a high opinion of M* Curson muster-master of the county. 1614. August ;H. Extracts from the rolls of the Court Lett of the .Manor of Fakenham, Norfolk. 1614. Sep. 17"'. Whitehall. Copy letter from the Privy Council to the Sheriff and Justices of Norfolk, as to a benevolence to be levied in the county to supply his Majesty's urgenl necessities at home and abroad. " For ye cannot but understand that the MarqueSBe Spinola hath amassed to- gither a stronge and powerful! army which sometime he pretendeth to have don under the charge of the Archduke, sometime under the name of the King of Spayne, sometime as best may serve for his advantage under the comand of the Emperor. Whereby we may conclude that thei all thre arc combined togithei, and [he] hath caried all the townes in the coun- tries of and Cloves scituate upon the tract of the Ithyne, wnerby not Onelythe Elector of Brandenburg is deprived of the posses- sion of those townes, which he "or many years peacably enioyed, whose right his Majestie is bound to defend by vertue of the treaties contracted between him and the Princes of the Unyou in Germany, but the per- sons and States of the Elector Palatine, and the Princesse his lady, his Majesty's only and deerest daughter, environed on all sides by diver-, annyes are at this present endangered." 1614. Dec. 29 th . Bccles. Thomas Barsham to Sir Nathaniel Bacon, on local matters of no great importance. " Sir Phillipp Knevet is tra- vayled beyond the seas ; his lady remaynes at Buckenham Castell. Sir Frauncis Lowell keepeth a great house at Harlinge where the poore hath good releife,and so doth Sir Thomas Hollande at Quiddenham towhome I am much bounden for his kindnes especially for suppressing* of ale- houses in Eccles, who hath promised me to licence none without my con- sent We have no need of any, for we are poore enough already." 1615. Aug. 7 th . Northampton House. Thomas (Howard)(l 8t ) Earl of Suffolk, Sir Fulke Grevyll, and Sir Thomas Parry (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) to Sir Nathaniel Bacon " farniour of the perquisitts of the Manor of Mcthwold in the County of Norllblk" The writers are the King's Commissioners for selling his Majesty's copyhold property and are charged to inform themselves of the true yearly value of all the copy- holds belonging to the King, requiring Sir Nathaniel not to hold any court for the admitting of tenants, but to order the Steward to refuse the surrender of any tenants, and to prepare a true rental of the manor. 1619. April 16 th . Wivenhoe. A petition from many of the inhabi- tants of Wivenhoe to the patron of the Church and Lord of the Manor, Sir Roger Townshend, asking him to take some steps to Btop the " des- perate distempers " and *• implacable contentious" that have arisen in the parish. B 2 20 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marqukss 1619. June 24 lb . Paper endorsed "The Apothycarie's bill." Sir Roger To ^hs" FM1 Townshend's account. Among the items are: " Grene ginger " - - - 7 3 Tabacco - - - - 2 s Grene ginger - - - 8 9 A masse of pills - - - 5 s An electuarye • - - 3 9 6 d Under the name of M r Stanhope Townshend 12 th September 1618 are " A clyster" - - - 3 9 4 d A julep - - - - 3 s A cordiall with behoardston (sic) ~ 3 s The cordiall julep - - - 3 s Hearbs for brothe - - - 4 d Rose water - - - - 6 d A suppositorye - - 6 d Another suppositorye - - 6 d An unguent - 3 d A purge - - - 3 s Purgeing pills - - - 2 9 6 d 1620. July 12 th . Whitehall. The Privy Council to the Justices of Norfolk directing them to impress 80 seamen in their county to go in the expedition his Majesty is preparing for the suppression of piracy. 1620. August. Norwich. Copy Letter unsigned and unaddressed, headed " Letters to the Captain of Foote." Probably a circular to be sent to all the Captains of militia regiments in Norfolk, requiring them to prepare for a general muster on the 15 th September next, and giving other instructions. 1622. April 14 th . Sir Nathaniel Bacon to his son-in-law Sir Roger Townshend. " I have lately received from our High Sheriff a coppie of the Counsell's letters about a voluntary contribucon without the name of benevolence to the Kinge, for the recovery of the Palatinat, and all our Justices of Peace are to labour therein, first in setting ther owne somes thei will give, next to call befor them all subsidy men and others of value, and privatly to deale with one by one apart from another, and so to persuade them to give. It will be some labour to effect this yf it be performed accordingly." 1622. Aug. 31 st . Roger Townshend to his father Sir Roger Towns- hend. " Here is much uncertaine newesfrom the Low Countries; some- tymes wee have the day, then they, but certaine much loss on both sides. The towne stands yett firm ; Count Mansfield is now certainely come into Brabant and hath taken Marie Mount, hath done much spoile to the country, and wee heare in comming to joynewith his Excellencye hath receaved a blow, but the contrary is reported too, so that I know not what you may beleave more certaine then that they are dayly in action, and much slaughter on both sides. The King is at Windsor whither he hath summoned all the Councell ; most say it is about the marriage which is now afresh againe, and the dispensation certainely come, but others think it is about the Palatinat which is now in great distresse, for there is onely 3 townes left, at least threescore thousand of the enemyes in the country ; more expected. They have cutt of all meanes of supply of victualls. and notwithstanding all treaties proceed in a hostile manner, for they took a towne there \>y composition, yett putt all to HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 21 the sword. They have put garisons in Spin; and Wormes, imperial! MARyi-KsB townes, and soe racke the Protestants in them, as they feare a sacke. " w ms"' """' Yet the King promisethe a redeliverye of all againe. 'ilm^ they stand abroad ; at home we are feasting. Great intertainement in Sussex by my Lord Thresorer at his new howse which he boughl of Sir Thomas Sherley, where was my Lord of Buckingham and bis dependents. From thence they went to Petlworth to my Lord of Northumberland where there bapened a difference betwene his two Bonnes in law, my Lord of Donoaster and my Lord Lisle. I cannot tell you the particular-, but they were at blowes, and parts taken. But my Lord of Buckingham being there made a peace for the tyme:" 1622. Nov. 5 th . Paper headed " The King of Spain's letter, Phillip the 4 th to his favorite the Count d'Olivares." "The King my father declared at his death that his intention never was to marrie my sister Donna Maria with the Prince of Wales which your uncle Don Balthasar understood; so treated this match ever with an intent to delay it. Notwithstanding it is now so far advanced that, (considering withall the aversenes unto it of the Infanta) it is time to seeke by some meanes to divert the treatie which I would have you finde out and I will make it good whatsoever it be. But in all other things procure the satisfaction of the King of Great Brittaine who hath deserved verie much and it shall content me so it be not in the matche." 1623. Jan. 27 th . Maningeton. John Potts, to whom does not appear. Relating an election contest at which Sir John Corbett hacked by Sir Hamon Le Strange and the writer, Sir John Holland, and Sir Robert Gawdye were candidates. Sir John Corbett was declared by the Sheriff to have been elected, but the party of Sir Robert Gawdy carried him and his sou " downe into the markett place in triumph, from thence downe to the Maid's heade, where they drew a cartell (signed principally by the mutineers, Tiber, Stileman, Parr, Tubbingc, &c. besides many others ignorant of their designe) to traduce our election. Notwith- standinge that all the Knights, justices and gentlemen of quality (even of Gawdye's partye) approved the sentence and sealed the indentures with the ehreife." 1623. Jan. 27 lh . Sir Hainon Le Strange to Sir Roger Townshend, on election matters. Mentions Sir John Corb[et] Sir Thomas Holland, Sir Koger Gawdy. (Seal.) [1624-5.] »lan. 3 rd . London. Roger Townshend to his lather Sir Roger Townshend. " Here hath bene an addition of tin- Duke of Bruns- wick, who came on Christmas Eve, was conducted presently to S l James's and that night fetched by the Prince to the King, who made him sett by him in a chair, would have had him put on hishatt, acknowligeda greater bond to him then to any Prince in Christendome in the love shewed to his daughter, promised a requital!, and so sent him back to S' James's where he was lodged in the Prince's owne bedd, and the same servis in state, till he was weary of it. and desired to be freed of the solitude of eating alone, or he would take a lodging some where els. So he was, and afterwards feasted in divers places, as my Lord of Mountgomery, the Countess of Bedford, the Lady Hatton. His intertainments otherwise were only playes, and running at the ring he was but»a spectator. On New Yeare's Ere he had the Garter and my Lord of Salisbury with him, and my Lord of Carleile by a deputye ; there were some cerimonyes in the chappell for it, and that night he tooke his leave, and went awaye the next morning, and the French Embassador the day before him 22 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. There is no stay of the match with France, that wee heave of, there is articles abroad of very hard conditions but wee say they arc false, and that the Pope hath sent a dispensation without any conditions at all, for which the King of Spaine hath taken exceptions against him, and nothing is like to come of it, for there is hope of theire reconsiliation." [Before 1628]. Oct. 22 nd Grays Inn. N. "Bacon to his uncle Sir Nathaniel Bacon. "For Bohemia the newes is verrie ur. certain e as allsoe for Ilungaria, but sure it, is that Count Mansfeildt having payed bis soldiers with forrage heretofore in Bavaiia standeth novv iu neede of another manner of treasurie, and bathe sent over to our King M r llarasey who vexeth the King with importunitie and vowes he will not returne from the King without a satisfactorie answere. The report is suddaine and late that theTurke bathe overtlirowne the Polonian ; that the King and his sonne are bothe slaine with manie thousands more ; that our supplies that were sent over at the request of the Polonian are staled by the way by the King of Denmark under shew of feare least they should be imployed against the King of Sweden. The Palatinate after the loss of Heydleberg is now rocked asleepe with a halfe yere's truce. The English are well in Maynheim, Franken- dale, and another towne all wel fortified although all of them have had theire severail assalts with shame and loss to the enimie. Gulick is yet begirt with a seege by Spinola ; the Prince of Orange lieth within 4 miles of the towne. It is hoped cold wether will coole theire courages; other remedie is hardlie to be expected. The King of Bohemia is comme back againe to the Hagc, being resolved to forgoe not a title that he hath allreadie gotten. Sluice is aymed at ; the enemie are building a fort near it, yet the haven is open and free and it's evident, notwithstanding, they meane to beseege it. The affaires of France are somewhat better. The King is (if not lutein; comme awaie) before Montauban ; the town holds out resolutlie, having caused to be sett over the gate of theire town in large letters : Roy sans foy, et peuple sans pen re. a f'aithlessc King and fearelesse people. They were in greate want, but the Duke of Roan with 1000 men in the face of the campe relevcd them though with loss of nere 100 men. The report is that the Duke d'Espernon is latelie dead of sicknesse before Rochell. The King to block up theire haven had sent thither 30 shipps whoe were set uppon by 20 Rochellers and were scattered, 9 of them being taken and sunk, and the next day 2 shipps more coming with provision for the King's fleete fell into the Rochellers' power while they supposed them to be the King's shipps and Avere taken by them. They had a greate quantitie of powder and store of corne. The Pope bathe sent a lettte to the King of admirable commendations and praises and in the end of all his apostolick benediction. Since Sir Robert Manser's returne the pyrates have taken above 40 of our shipps, the gennerall report is 57, in severail places being most fisher men of small burthen belonging to other havens in the west and east parts, none belonging to London but 2 ; 1 feare Linne or Yermouth have theire shares in the loss For ourselves the Lord Archbishop as yet stands in nncertaintie ; the Commissioners havo not done with him, it is feared he shall hardlie escape a faver by it . . . . . . The Marquis Hamilton is going or is gone from the Court, allsoe M r Thomas Murrie secretary to the Prince, and M r Fullerton bothe religious honest gentlemen arc pud from theire places : they say Coddington shall succede the secretaries place. This Coddington was leijierin Spaine. The Court speakes Spanish, Councel Spanish, Clergie HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 23 Spanish, why should nol all the countrie be Spanish a I Iengthc ? The match they saie is concluded, a high alter making at St. James's and a sylver crucifix, and gentlewomen are suters tn the Spanish einbnssadi \ for places of attendance under her. I leave it to your discretion to beleve or not, for my part 1 shall tell you more when I see these things fulfilled. But enough for this time." 1628. May G 1 ' 1 . Copy Order of the Court of Chancery in a suit of Sir Roger Townshend and others p. Harris and others. Signed Washington. 1629. March 31«*. Whitehall. The Privy Council to the (' mis. sionera for the subsidies in Norfolk. (Copy.) As to a subsidy to be assessed on those that can best afford to be taxed and who in the former assessment were too much undervalued. ( Before 1636 ]. John Yates to Sir lionet' Townshend on election matters Sir Roger has been elected with Sir Robert Bell for the county in spite of h\> determination expressed that he would uoi stand. The writei begs him to alter his determination. 1659. dan. 23 rd . Sir William Doyly to Sir Horace Town;.], end that he is willing to meet Sir Horace at the time he wishes and to do anything requisite for the "Country's peace, ease of grevances and settlement of the nation." IGof). Feb. 11 th . Whitehall. Copy letter headed " Lord Generall Monck and the officers here to the several and respective regiments ami other forces in England Scotland ami I re!;. ml" recommending, as a mean- of further establishing and strengthening the Commonwealth, the readmis- sion to the House of Commons of the secluded members, the legal dissolu- tion of Parliament and the issue of writs for a future lull representation of l be whole commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland. The wi iters are confident that the presenl Parliament if the secluded mem- bers are admitted will not repeal any of the Acts and orders for supplies 01" public disposition of lands, &c. " And if any disafected persons shal hereby take occasion to make disturbance of the peace of the Commonwealth either in favour of Charles Stuart or any other pretended authority we desire you to secure them til the pleassure of the Parliament, or Counsel! of State be knowne in that behalfe." 1659. " Charles R. (autograph) Charles by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith, &C. to OUT trusty and welbeloved (sic) greeting. Wee do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Governor of (sic) and to put such a garrison of horse and foote therein as you judge necessary for the defence of the .-ante against the rebellsand to command the said garrison as Governor thereof, and to do all things necessaryfor the preservation of the said place for which this shall be \ our warrant. Given at our Court at Bruxelles the 6th day of March 1659 in the eleventh yeare of our reigne." Sealed with the Royal Arms. [1617-3G.] April 8 th . Thomas Godsalve to his cousin Sir Roger Townshend. The writer is in prison on a false accusation of having attempted to escape, and "for want of paying for my chamber, I am cast downe into the lower ward ;" begging Si i Roger to write to Sir John Corbet asking him to talk with M 1 Wcekes the gaoler on his behalf, 24 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. N.D. [1648-1660]. Draft Petition of the gentry of Norfolk to Sir "William Lenthall speaker of the House of Commons " Wee the gentry of the County of Norfolk and County and City of Norwich being deeply affected with the sence of our sad distractions and divisions both in church and State and wearied with the misery of an unnatural civill warre, the too frequent interruptions of Government, the impositions of severall heavy taxes, and the loud outcryes of multitudes of undone and almost famished people, occasioned by a generall decay of trade which hath spread itselfe throughout the whole nation and these countyes in par- ticular ; and haveing mett together and consulted what may best remedy and remove our and the nation's present grevances and distractions, doe humbly conceive that the chiefe expedient will be the recalling of those members that were secluded in 1648 and satt before the force put upon the Parliament (wee of this county of Norffolk being by such seclusion deprived of any person to represent us in Parlament) and alsoe by filling upp the vacant places therof and all to be admitted without any oathe or ingagement previous to there entrance, which being done wee shalbe ready to acquiesce and submitt in all things to the judgment and authority of Parliament, without which authority the people of England cannot be obliged to pay any taxes." N.D. [temp. Interregnum] Copy " petition of the barronets, knights, esquires, gentlemen, ministers, and others of the County of Norfolke "to the Parliament, complaining of the state of their county which they ascribe to its not being represented in Parliament. Praying that such of their members as have not forfeited their rights may be summoned to come and sit in Parliament. N. D. Dorothy Lady Bacon to her grandson Sir Roger Townshend. Unimportant. The postscript is, " O Sir lett me say as I dare speake my mind if 1 had you privatt. My mallencaly sonne hath within this few weekes so greved my selfe and him selfe as it wear Strang to tell you ondly because hee can not indevar but to lede a singell life, and a travelling life. Alas what shall I saye ; I cannot indevar him once more to ventar all the chellderen I have in this world, but this must not be knowen it came from me." N.D. Dorothy Lady Bacon to her daughter-in-law Lady Townshend on private family affairs; mentions her daughter Knyvett. N.D. Sep. 11 th . London. Roger Townshend to his mother Lady Townshend. Mentions his cousin Stanhope. N.D. Ann Corbett to Sir Roger Townshend. Acknowledging a loan of £200. N.D. Ann Townshend to her sister (name not given) on family and domestic matters. Mentions her cousin Robin Bacon, and her couein Hungat. N.D. Nicholas Le Strange to Sir Roger Townshend asking him to be godfather with Sir 11. Spelman to his infant son who is to be bap- tised at Hunstanton. X.D. Paper unsigned in Lady Anne Townshend's writing beginning " M r Mann " relating to Sir Roger Townshend and her son whose tutor M r Mann appears to be. N.D. [temp. Interregnum]. Copy petition to Lord Fairfax requesting him to take steps as suggested at the foot of the petition to secure the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 25 lasting peace of the County, the punishment of rebels and enemies, and the prevention of the liberties of the County being farther endangered. N.D. " To the townsmen of Helloughton and Martin Baynham. Sir Horatio Townshend Baronet sondeth greeting. As 'tis the duty of all Christian people fearing the Lord, to keepe t lu- unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, soe theese are to will and requin you the townsmen aforesaid to live in a peaceable and <|uiet manner with your minister thai sue al divisions and differences being laid aside ye may follow after peace and holines without which noe man shall see the Lord." Ill— Letters and Papers, 1660-1700. Letters between the following persons are not of sufficient importance to be set out at length : Horatio Jxml Townshend and Charles Viscount Townshend passim ; Lord Richardson (1661); Charles Spelman (1661 etc."); Sir Philip Wodehouse of Kimberley (1663) ; Gilbert Archbishop of Canterbury holograph (1663) ; Sir Jacob* Astley (1663) ; Sir Robert Kemp (1663 et acq.) ; Sir Joseph Paine (1664); Hugh Morrell (1664); Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1664) ; Sir John Holland (1674) ; Ann Lady Townshend (1675); Lord Arlington (1677 etc.); Christopher Bedingfeld (1679) ; Sir Peter Glean of Norwich (1680, etc.) ; Sir' John Holland (1681 et seq.) ; W. Harbord (1681) ; Sir Christopher Calthorpe (1681) ; Thomas Townshend (1681-2) ; Sir William Jones (1682) ; Sir R. Potts (1682); James Fountain (1682); The Earl of Rochester (1685) ; Thomas Warde (1686); The Bishop of Hereford (1686); The Duke of Beaufort (1686). 1660. Nov. 5 th . Paper headed '• an inventory of what cloathes are in my keepeinge " and "an inventory of what boots and shoos arc in my keepeinge" same' date. Endorsed by Lord Townshend. 1661. Feb. 3 rd . Robert Reade to Charles Spellman. "Att the right honourable my Lord Townshend's in the old Palace Yard "Westminster." The writer says that he has as yet received no command from M r Spell- man or from Lord Townshend, " nor do 1 wonder at it, because the flying post lay drunke last Friday at Fakenbam (being the day that he should have binn at Thetford to take those letters then there which he should bring bother on Saterdav) and had not changed his quarter yesterday as I am informed by one of Scott's men who saw him pittv- fullv drunke. The cuntry complaines of him." 1661. Mar. 22 nd . London. Nathaniel Norcrosse to " his loveing friend M r Keimar these at \\\ lis.*' A letter from one Puritan to another on religious matters, containing no information. The postscript, however, is " as lor newes we are expecting to have the bill of Conformity to come forth. It will silence all ministers that will not con forme, and sup- presse all meeteings that yet wee enjoy through mercy." 1661 to 1667. A Schedule comprising the names times and causes of commitments of all the prisoners in the gaol belonging to the County ol' Norfolk, excepting those that are in for debt. 1662. March 16 th . Heigham. TheBishop of Norwich to Lord Towns- sheud. Apologizes for his long absence from the House of Lords owin<_ r •2(j HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. to bis wile's severe illness, and thanks Lord Townshend for having excused him there. The Bishop of Worcester has his proxy. (Seal.) 1662. June 12 lh . Norwich. Sir John Pettus to Lord Townshend enclosing " A narrative concerning the proceedings upon an order of the House of Lords bearing date the 26 th Feb. 1661 wherein the determina- tion of admeasuring seaven miles from the Crane Key in Yarmouth towards Laystoffe is referred to the two several! and respective sheriffes of Suffolk and Norfolk," relating what took place on the measure- ment being made, and speaking of the opposition of the sheriffs to its being done. 1663. May 13 th . Lynn. Laurence Withers to Horatio Lord Town- shend asking him for the place of one M r Bromley, against whom certain charges have been made, should it he vacated by him. 1663. Aug. 5 th . Whitehall. Original note signed : Clarendon, Albe- marle, Lindsey, Manchester, Anglesey, Ashley, Carbery, Middleton, W. Compton, Will. Morice, Henry B , and Richard Browne to Lord Townshend, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, recommending to his Lordship the speedy establishment of the militia of the County as the best means for checking and preventing the assemblies and conventicles of the dis- affected in that part of the country, and stating what extra pay can be given to officers and men under the provisions of a recent Act intituled " An additional Act for the better ordering the forces in the severall counties of -this kingdorne." 1663. Sep. 2 nd . Whitehall. Copy (signed Richard Browne) of a letter unsigned and unaddressed, requiring that the militia of the Comity (Norfolk) shall be put into such a position as shall enable them to sup- press the assemblies, meetings, and conventicles of the disaffected in the County and specifying the sums to be paid to them for such extra duty, out of the money received of the month's tax of 70,000/. levied by a late Act intituled "An Act for ordering the forces of the several Counties of this kingdome." 1664. Mar. 22 nd . Copy " Significavit " under Sign Manual addressed to the Lord Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer to grant to Horatio boid Townshend the two-thirds belonging to the Crown in Marshlands in Walton, Walsoken, Walpole, Tyd S* Mary's, Wisbich, Leverington, Newton, and Tyd S* Giles, in the Counties of Cambridge, Lincoln, and Norfolk. 1664. Ap. 29 th . Lynn. Laurence Withers to Sir Ralph Hare Baronet requesting the office of King's Searcher should it be vacated by the pre- Miit occupanl M r Bromley against whom several charges are about to be brought. (Seal.) 1664. May. 2 nd . A letter signed " M. M." unaddressed, but as it commences " My Lord " and deals with questions affecting the govern- ment of Norwich, is probably to Lord, Townshend, on some matter of a charter sought by the Mayor of Norwich, to which the writer is strongly opposed. 1664. Oct. 29 th . Sir William Doyly to Lord Townshend indignantly denying some charges brought by Lord Townshend against him relative to the government of the town of Yarmouth. 1664. Oct. 31 ' . Norwich. John Gladman to Lord Townshend. The writer has incurred Lord Townshend's displeasure owing to his having HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 27 written something to the Duke of Albemarle without first Bhewing it to ilu his Lordship, and writes to explain his conduct in the affair. T '''"\i~ 16G4. Nov. 2'" 1 . Yarmouth. Sir Thomas Medowes to Lord Town- shend, Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Norfolk, as to the impress- ing of men for service in the Navy. 1664. Nov. 23 rd . Ovington. M' T. Felton to Lord Townshend. Would have written to his Lordship before but " was stopped by a very great snow and the waters which were so upp as there was no travelling, and when I rctorned thence to Apleton the waters were so up as 1 was stayed there 7 or 8 days togeather before I could pass thence." The letter relates to Lord Townshend's mineral property. 1664. Dee. 12 th . Raynham. Charles Spelman to Lord Townshend chiefly on the affairs of his Lordship's Norfolk property " Here i^ nothing new here that Avee wonderatt b.ut 2 millions and an halfe, and the new biasing starr that poynts his heard to the new world where most matter for money is to be had. These mistye nights has much perplexed M r Clarke whoe, hearing on Monday last that there was such a thing as a comett, has broake his sleepe all this wecke, nor could he lake sight of any till this morne, which has a little appeased him after he had roused his wholl family to pertake of the prodigie." 1665. Ap. 26 ,h . Lynn Legis. Thomas Greene Mayor of Lynn to Lord Townshend, complaining of the injury done to the traders of the town by " sea pirates, and forreigne men of warr" and asking for a convoy for their vessels to and from Newcastle and other northern ports. 1666. May 5 th . "Royal Charles in the Luoy of the Noro " The Duke of Albemarle to whom does not appear (probably to Lord Town-- heud) asking assistance to the ketch of Sir Edward Spragge command- ing the Triumph to impress some seamen fpr the King's service. (Seal.) 1666. Sep. 7 th . Whitehall. Lord Arlington to Lord Townshend on business relating to the County of Norfolk, acknowledging three letters from Lord Townshend the first two being on County business ''the third takeing notece of the unhappy lire fallen here and desireing to know his Majesty's pleasure to you in this great exegency. To which his Majesty bids me answer, that seeing it hath pleased God miraculously to extinguish this rageing fire, ami that it hath not been accompanyed with any of those troublesome consequences from the desafiected party which wee might reasonably have apprehended, there will lie no need for the present, of your Lordshipp' s assembling any part of the meletia or further troubleing the country there, unlesse your Lordshipp seescause forit. It' any appears here, your Lordshipp shall be timely advertised thereof. Which is all I have leasure now to say to you."' 1667. June 16"'. "Cockpitt" The Duke of Albemarle to Lord Townshend asking him to send two or three companies of the regi- ment, which he had raised, into Yarmouth, for the safety of that town. 1667. July 11"'. Whitehall. Lord Arlington to Lord Townshend " 1 did not contend with your Lordshipp that Cromen wa^ an honest manj.iii an Irish man, and if your lordshipp find him otherwise in either of these qualities 1 am farrc from desiring his release. 1669. Sep. 14"'. Sir Francis Bacon to " M r Townshend " enclosing a qo py of M r Justice Rainsford's opinion on the case of a man named Blancher who was convicted at the Norwich Assizes of killing two men named Cooke and Hendrv. 28 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1670. Mar. 30 th . London. Lord Townshend to the Mayor of Norwich to be communicated to the Aldermen of the City. Acknow- ledges receipt of their letter of the 9 th March. He has never failed to assist them Avith the Kin^. Desires to know wherein he has failed towards them. Refers to those employed in the present concern with the Corporation of Great Yarmouth to say whether he has been wanting in his endeavour to serve them in that matter. 1671. June 19 th . Copy abstract of a docquet appointing Sir Robert Long Baronet Treasurer and Receiver General of the Revenues late in jointure to the late Queen Dowager in the place of Sir Henry Wood. Signed : " Ashley " and " J. Duncombe." 1673. Feb. 19 th . Warrant signed " Charles R. " and countersigned " Arlington " for the disbanding of Lord Northampton's regiment. 1674. May 22 nd . Quidenham. Sir John Holland to Lord Townshend. Concurs with his Lordship's opinion of Sir Robert Kemp. Thanks him for acquainting him with his Lordship's intention of setting him up to supply the vacancy in Parliament bj the death of Lord Rychardson. Will support him. N. D. (1674). Letter unaddressed and signed " T." — from Lord Townshend — beginning " my Lord " asking for assistance to further Sir Robert Kemp's election as M.P. for the County of Norfolk. 1674. July 2 nd . Lord Yarmouth to Lord Townshend promising his assistance to Sir Robert Kemp in the forthcoming election for Norfolk. 1676. July 23 rd . Quidenham. Sir John Holland to Lord Towns- hend. Congratulates him on the verdict and damages given him by the jury at Norwich. He intends to go to Norwich to-morrow and to visit the Judge, whom he has told that he did not at all doubt but he should yet live to be better understood by his Majesty's great ministers and so to be restored to his Majesty's good opinion and favour which was all the ambition he had. 1676. Aug. 6 th . Quidenham. Letter from Sir Jchr Holland to Lord Townshend. Has been to Norwich where he met the Lord Marshall and visited the Judge. The Lord Marshall blamed him for deserting the Kind's service in the militia and told him that the Lord Chancellor had said that he had refused to serve the King in his Lieutenancy under Lord Yarmouth though he had done it under Lord Townshend, and that such refusal was a kind of warring against the King. That he replied that that was one of the Lord Chancellor's rhetorical expressions to satisfy the Lord Treasurer and that he was very well content Avith his present condition. " Since the verdict passed all things are and will be improved to your prejudice. To meet and prevent the ill consequences of this, your Lord- ship should frequently impress by your friends at Court the constancy of your loyal and faithful affections towards his Majesty in his person and Government, and that no disobligations shall or can make you depart from your duty." 1676. Oct. 24 th . Deposition of the defendant in an action of trespass Horace Lord Townshend v. D r . Owen Hughes. 1676. Nov. 12 th . Copy letter from Lord Townshend to Sir John Dun- combe. Enclosing opinion of Sir Robert Sawyer upon Lord Townshend's HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 29 Patent of the sea coal rents dated 21 st March 19 Charles IT. 1667. find Masqumb upon further Letters Patent dated 26 th May 1676 granted to Sir John mS?*" Dnnoombe of the rent of £1000 reserved by the above Letters Patent. 1677. Mar 12 th . Norwich. Letter signed by the Mayor of Norwich and many others, to Lord Townshend, praying his Lordship's influence in Parliament " in preventinge the Corporation of Yarmoth from obteyn- inge any aditional time granted in Parliament to levie monie upon tin- Counties of Norffolk Suffolk and this citie towards the repairs of their haven and peeres, they haveinge alreadie received nere £12000 f<> that purpose." (Corporation Seal.) N.D. [but about 1677]. Sir John Holland to Lord Townshend as to a motion (the nature of which does not transpire) the writer intends to make in the House of Commons and asking Lord Townshend's sup- port. Inclosed is a copy of some correspondence Sir John has had with the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Arlington, on the same subject : 1677. Jan. 29 lh . Sir John Holland to Lord Arlington, stating that he intends to make a complaint in the House of Commons against a persou who has misrepresented him to the King, and asking Lord Arlington's permission to make use of his name as his Lordship was his informant of the name of the person who so misrepresented him. 1677. Jan. 29 th . Lord Arlington to Sir John Holland in answer to the .above, begging Sir John not to mention his name in the complaint he intends making. 1678. March 2(s |h . Deed signed and sealed by James Calthorpe acknowledging the receipt of £550 from Horatio Lord Townshend paid to him after the death of Lady Townshend wife of the said Lord Town- shend in accordance with a bond signed and sealed by his Lordship. 1679. April 5 th . Norwich. Letter signed with a monogram — appa- rently S. T. — to Lord Townshend on election and other local matters. Endorsed by Lord Townshend, " This letter concerns the Bishop and M 1 Turguinton's being turned out of his surrogate's place." Mentions Sir II. P»[edingfeld], Lord Shaftesbury, Sir Francis "Winning-ton, and Sir T. Haie. 1680. June 25 lh . Sir John Hobart to Lord Townshend. Endorsed by Lord Townshend, " Sir John Hobart's answer to mien of the -1 of June 1680. This letter must be keept." The letter is on election matters and relates to Lord Townshend's having said he would withdraw his intere.-t from Sir John's side in consequence of some difficulty which had arisen in reference to the election expenses. 1681. May 2 nd . Melford. Sir Robert Kemp to Lord Townshend on election matters. Mentions Sir P. G[leane], Sir John Cordil, M' Wyndham. (Seal.) 1631. May lb" 1 . Sir Peter Gleane to Lord Townshend in answer to one of his Lordship's of 11 th May, announcing his intention not to stand ::t the next election. 1681. June 28 th . John Stewart to ML 1 Rudding (a tenant of Lord Townshend's) written at Lord Townshend's desire relating to the destine- 30 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. auuQUBBB tion by fire of M* Rudding'a dairy, stating that, if M r Rudding rebuilds the Townsuend ( |. i;i v " aiu i J] other destroyed buildings, Lord Townshend, if he approves — - of the work, " is like to bee kinde " to him. L682. March II th . Lord Townshend to Thomas Townshend, en- dorsed : — " My answer to Sir Peter Gleane's letter to my eossen Thomas Townshend dated the ll* h of March '81--2" on election matters. Sir Peter appears to claim money from Lord Townshend on behalf of his election expences on the score of service done to his Lordship ; Lord Townshend repudiates the services and refuses to pay the money, bnt is willing to refer the matter to arbitrators. Tlie writer is evidently verv an<*ry with Sir Peter Glean. " For his wound if bee have received any I cannot but bee sorry for it, though ignorant of any, but what hee hath now given himselfe in this affaire. As to his pleasure or easie travile, I thinke noe furder worth my taking notice of then only to tell him, that I have knowne fortie pounds buy a paire of naigs (if one will not doe) that hath draged as weighty a man, from head to taile, as Sir Peter Grleane, and to more freinds then bee will leave himselfe, unless hee useth them better than hee hath done mee. As for his service to mee my wife and children, though he bee not ashamed to present it, yett 1 am, and they shall bee soe for my sake to receive it upon the tearms it is tendered." 1682—1. Hough notes in Lord Townshend's writing of sums of money received and expended by him, the receipts amounting to £3147-8-11 in 1684. 1683. Sep. 10 th . Sir John Holland to Lord Townshend. Relative to the differences and unhappy divisions which have arisen among the chief gentlemen in the country through contested elections and sub- mitting to his Lordship certain proposals relative thereto, which he intended to make to some in his neighbourhood. Paper endorsed " Sir John Holland's speeches made in '75 " The paper contains (a) a long speech apparently upon the King's Speech on the question of Supply, (b) A speech upon reading the ( >rder for the House to take into consideration what is to be done in the matters of dispatch with the Lords, (c) A speech upon the 2 1 " 1 reading of the Bill for the repealing of the Act passed in the beginning of the Long Parliament for the continual ion of that Parliament and the calling of future Parliaments. 1684-5. Mar. I7 lb . Copy Letter from Lord Townshend to the Earl of Rochester. Relative to the attendance of himself and his wife at the Coronation of the King and Queen. N.D. " Some particular matters of fact relating to the administration of affaires in Scotland under the Duke of Lauderdale, humbly offered to your Majestie's consideration in obedience to your Royal commands. I 9 * The Duke of Lauderdale did grosly misrepresent to your Majestic the condicon of the western counties as if they had beene in a state ol rebelion though there never had been any opposicon made to your Majestie's authority, nor any resistance offered to your fforces nor to the execucon of the lawes, but hee purposeing to abuse your Majestie that soe hee might carry on his sinister designes by your authority advised your Ma- jestie to raise an army against your peaceable subjects, at least did frame a letter to be sent to your Majestic to bee signed by your Royall hand to that effect, which being sent downc to your Councell orders were there- HISTORICAL MAN 1 SCRIPTS COMMISSION. 3] upon given out for the raiseing an army of 8 or 9000 men the greatest m parte whereof were ffylanders, and notwithstanding that to avert this Tows threatning the nobility and gentry of that country did send to Edenburgh :ind for the security of the peace did offer lo engage, thai whosoever should beo sent to put the lawes in execucon Bhould meel w it li noe affront and thai they would become hostages for their safety : yetl this army was marched into a peaceable country and < 1 1 * L take free quarters according to their comissions and in mosl places leavyed great sumes of money under notion oi' dry quarters and did plunder and robb your subjects of which noe redresse could bee obtained though complaynts were frequently made 2. All which were expressly contrary to the Lawes of the kingdome. In these quarterings it was apparent, that regard was only had to that Duke's private animosityes, for the greatest part oi' these places that were mostly quartered on, and destroyed had not been guilty of any the i'eild conventicles complawicd of, and many of the places that were most guilty were spared upon private consideracons. 3. The subjects at that tyme were required to subscribe an exorbitant and illegall bond which was imposible to bee performed by them (vi/.. v i that they their wives and children and servants, their tenants aid their wives children and servants should live orderly according to law, not "oe to conventicles or entertaine vagrant preachers and several! other particulars. By which bond those which syned it were made lyable for every man's fault that lived upon the grounds. 4. Your subjects were charged with Iaborrowes, denounced rebells, aud captions were issued out for seizeing their persons upon there refuseing to signe the aforesaid bond, and the nobility and gentry there who have been ever faithful! to your Majesty and had appeared in amies for suppressing the last rebellion were disarmed upon oath, a proclamacon was also issued forbidding them upon great penaltyes to keepeany horses above 4/. 3*. -b/. price : 5. The nobility and gentry of the Shire of Ayrc were also indicted at the instance of your Majestie's Advocate of very high crimes and mis- meanors whereof some did import treason. These indictments were delivered them in the evening to bee answered by them next morning upon oath, and when they did demand two or three dayes' tyme to con- sider of their indictments and make the benefitt of lawyers to advise within matters of soe high concernment and also excepted to their being put to sweare against themselves in matters that were capital], which was contrary to all law and justice, those their desires were rejected though the like had never been done to the greatesl malefactor in the Kingdome, and it was told them, they must either sweare instantly or they would repute them guilty and proceed accordingly : (i. The noblemen and gentlemen knowing themselves inoeent of all that had been surmised against them did purge themselves by oath of all the particulars that were objected to them and were thereupon acquitted, and tho' the Comitte of the Councell used the severest maner of enquiry to discover any seditious or treasonable designes which were pretended as the grounds of leading in that arm)' into those countryes jr< tt nothing could ever bee proved, soe false was thai sugestion concerning a rebellion then designed that was offered to your Majestie and prevayled with you for sending the afore mentioned letter. 7. The oppressions and quarterings still continuing, the noblemen and gentlemen of those countyes went to Edenburgh to represent to you] Councills the heavy pressure that they ami their people lay under, and were ready to oiler to them all that in law or reason could bee required of them for securing the peace, the Council) did imediately upon their appearing sett forth a proclamation requiring them to depart the town 32 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. within three dayes upon all highest paines, and when the Duke of Hamilton did petition for leave to stay two or three dayes longer for some very urgent affaires, that was refused him. 8. When some persons of quality had declared to the Duke of Lauder- dale, that they would goe and represent their conditions to your Majestie, if they could not have justice from your ministers, for preventing that a proclamacon was sett forth forbidding all the subjects to depart the kingdome without lycence, that soe your majestie might not bee acquainted with the said condicon of your subjects a thing without all president or law for putting of your subjects from makeing their applica- tion to your majestie noe less contrary to your majestie's true interest (who must alwayes bee the refuge of your people) then to the naturall right of the subject : The former particulars relate to the invasion of the rights of great numbers of your subjects all at once ; what followe, have indeed only fallene on some single persons yett are such that your whole people apprehend that they may bee upon the slightest occasions brought under the like mischiefes. The Councill hath upon many occasions proceeded to a new kinde of punishment of declaiming men incapable of all publique trust, concerning which your majestie may remember what complaints the said Duke made when dureing the Earle of Midleton's administracon hee himself e was put under and incapacitated by an Act of Parliament ; The words of his paper against the Earle of Middleton are uncapacitating (sic) was to whipp with scorpions, a punishment to robb men of their honour and to lay a lasting stayne upon them and their posterity, and if this was complayned of when done by the high court of Parliament your Majestie may easily conclude it cannot bee done in any lower court. But that notwithstand- ing it is become of late yeares an ordinary sentence in Councill when the least complaints ate brought against any with whom the Duke of Lauder- dale and his brother are offended :) Instances of these are : The declaring twelve honest worthy cittizens of Edenburgh incapable of publique trust against whome noe complaint was ever made to this day as your Majestie will percive more fully by a paper concerning that affaire. The true cause of it was, that those men being in the magistracy, the Duke and his brother could not gett a vast bribe from them out of the towne's money which was afterwards obtayned when they were removed. The Provosts of Glasgow, Aberdeen and Jadburgh were put under the same sentence for signing a letter to your Majestie in that Convencon of the buroughs with the rest of that body, which letter was advised by him whoe is now your Majestie's Advocate, as that which had nothing in it which could bring them under any guilt, and yett these three were singled out of the whole number and incapacitated, besides an high fine and a long imprisonment as your Majestie will moore fully percive by another paper. Sir Patrick Home of Polworth being sent by the sheire of Berwick to complaine of some illegall proceedings, and to obtain a legall remedy to them which hee did only in the comon forme of law was alsoe declared uncapable of publique trust besides many months of imprisonment. The Provost of Linlithgoe being complained of for not furnishing some of your forces with baggage horses was called before the Councill, and because hee said that they were not bound in law to furnish horses in such maner, hee was immediately declared incapable of publique trust and was both fiued and imprisoned. There were also fifty of the towne of S* John- ion's incapacitated upon a very slight pretence, soe that it is now in possible for theui to fiude a sufficient number of citizens for the ma- HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. So gistraey of that towne. Your subjects are sometymea upon Blight and " Bometymes upon aoe grounds imprisoned, and often kept prisoners man j mss. months and yeres nothing bein.ir objected to them, and are required to enter themselves prisoners which is contrary to law. It was in the former articles expressed that many of the persons declared incapable of publique trust did alsoe suffer imprisonment ; and besides thus.' instances Levetennant Generall Drumond (whose eminent loyalty and great services are well knowneto your Majestie) was required to enter himselfe prisoner in the Castle of Dumbarton where hee was keepl one yeare and a balfe and was made a close prisoner for nine months of that tyme and yett nothing was ever objected to him to this day to justifie that usage. The Lord Cardross, whoe was for his Lady's keeping two conventicles in her owne house (at which hee was not present) 1'yned .111,000, and hath been now keept four yeares prisoner in the Castle of Edenburgh where he still remaines, although be hath often peticoned for bis liberty: And Sir Patrick Holme hath been now a second tyme almost one yeare imprisoned and nothing is yett laid to his charge. Besides these illegal] imprisonments the officers of* your Majestie*.- forces carry frequently warrants with them for the apprehending per- son- that are under noe loyall censure, nor have been soe much as cyted to appeare, which hath putt many of your subjects under great leans especially upon what was done in Councill three yeares agoe (viz.) Captaine Carstaires (a man now well enough knowne to your Majestie) did entrap one Kirkton, an outed minister, into his chamber at Edenburgh and did violently abuse him, and designed to have extorted some money from him. The noise of this coming to the ears of one Bayly, brother in law to the said Kirkton, hee came to the house, and heareing him cry " murther, murther," forced open the chamber dome, where hee found his brother in law, and the Captaine grapling. The Captaine pre- tended hee had a warrant against Kirkton, and Bayly desired him to show it, and promised that all obedience should tee given to it, and that hee himselfe would assist him in the executing of it, but the Captaine refusing to doe it, Kirkton was rescued. This was only- delivering of a man from the hands of a robber, which nature obligeth all men to doe, especially when joyned with soe neare a relation. The Captaine complayned of this to the Councill and the Lord Hatton with others were appointed to examine the witnesses ; and when it was brought before the Councill the Duke of Hamilton. Karles of Morton, Dumfrize, and Kingcarding the Lord Cocheren and Sir Archi- bald Primrose then Lord Register, desired that the report of the examinacon might bee read, bul that not serveing their end.- was denyed, and thereupon those Lords declaired their opinion, that since Carstaires did not shewe any warrant nor was cloathed with any publique character, it was noe opposeing of your Majestie's authority in Bayly -or to rescue the said Kirkton. yett Bayly was for this fined in (5000 markes and kept long a prisoner. These Lords were upon that soe represented to your Majestie that by the Duke of Lauderdale's procurement they were turned out of the Councill and all eoniand of the militia, and it can hee made appeare that the Captaine had at that tyme noe warrant at all against that Kirkton, but procured it after the violence comitted and it was antedated on designe to serve a turns at that time This maner of proceeding hath ever since put your subjects under sad apprehensions. There is one particular further offered to your majestie'- consideracon concerning their way of useing prisoners. There were fourteen men taken at a feild conventicle, whoe without being legally convict of that U 24953. C •34 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, or any other cryme were secretly and in the night taken out of prison upon a warrant signed by the Earl of Linlithgoe and the Lord Hatton and Collington and were delivered to Captaine Maitland, whoe had been paige to f the Duke of Lauderdale but was then a French officer, and was makeing his leavyes in Scotland and were carryed over to the service of the French King in the yeare 1676. The Councell hath upon many occasions proceeded to most unreasonable and arbitrary fynes, either for slight offences or for offences where the fine is regulated by law which they have never considered when the persons were not acceptable to them, soe the Lord Cardross was fined in £11,000 — for his ladye's keeping two conventicles in his house and christning a child by an outed minister without his knowledge. The Provost formerly menconed, and Bayly with many more were also fined without any regard to law. The Councill hath at severall tymes proceeded to the takeing of gentlemen's dwelling houses and putting garisons in them which in tyme of peace is contrary to law. In the yeare 1675 it was designed against twelve of your majestie's subjects and put in execucon in the houses of the Earle of Callender, the Lord Cardrosse, the Lady Lumsdon &c. and Avas againe atempted in the yeare 1678. The houses belonging to the Leards of Cosnok, Blagand, and Rowalland were possessed by souldiers and declaired garrisons nor did it rest there, but orders were sent from the Councill requiring the countrye about those houses to furnish them for the souldiers use and to supply them with necessaries much contrary to law. It was against this that Sir Patrick Home came to desire a remedy, and comon justice being denyed him hee used a legall protestation in the ordinary forme of law, whoe was thereupon kept many months a prisoner and declared incapable of all publique trust. There is another particular which because it is soe odious is unwil- lingly touched yett it is necessary to informe your majestie about it for there by it will appeare that the said Duke of Lauderdale and his brother have in a most solemn maner broken the publique faith which was given in your Majestie's name. One Mitchell being put in prison upon great suspition of his haveing atempted to murther the late Arch- bishopp of S* Andre wes and there being noe other evidence against him, warrant was given by the Duke of Lauderdale (then your Majestie's Commissioner and your Councill to promise him his life if he would confess, Avhereupon he did confess and yett some yeares after, that per- son (who indeed deserved many deaths if there had been any evidence against him) was upon that confession convicted of the cryme, and the Duke of Lauderdale and his brother being put to it by him did sweare that they neither gave nor knew of any assurance of life given him, and when it was objected that the promise was upon record in the Council bookes, the Duke of Lauderdale did in open court (where hee was pre- sent only as a wittness and soe ought to have been silent) threaten them if they should proceed to the examinacon of that act of Councill which (as hee then .-aid) might inferre perjury on them that had sworne and soe did cutt off the proof e of that defence which had been admitted by the court as good in law ami sufficient to save the prisoner if proved. Thus was that man hanged upon that confession only though the promise that drew it from him doth appeare upon record, and can bee proved by good and cleare evidence, and from this your Majestie may judge what credditt may bee given to such men. Wee doe not at present enlarge upon other particulars though of great importance, such as monopolies, selling of places and honours, turning men of knowne integrity out of their imployments to which they had a good and just right during their lives, the prolitts of one of the most considerable of those being sequestred for some tyme and applyed for HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. the Dutchess of Lauderdale's use the treating about and receiving of ,u-^ : greal bribes by the Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale and the Lord Hatton and particularly from the townes of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, LinJUtbgoe, and many others, for procuring from your Majestie's Warrants for illegull imposicons within those townes to the manifest and publique perverting of justice besides, the most signal] abuses of the mint and copper coyne that are most grevious to all your subjects but the number of those is soe greal and they will require soe many wit- nesses to bee brought hither for proving the same that wee feare it would too much trouble your Majestic now to examine them all but pour Majestic shall have a full account of them afterwards. One thing is humbly offered to your Majestic as 1 1 *« * roote of these ind many other oppressions which is that the method of governing that nation for severall yeares hath been that the Lord Hatton and his adherants, frame any letter that they desire from your Majestie to your Coiincill and sends it to the Duke of Lauderdale, who returns it 3igned, and this is brought to the Councill upon which if a debate any tyme arises concerning the matter of the letter as being against or without law and when it is proposed that a representacon of it should bee made to your Majestie then the Lord Hatton in his insolent way calls to have it putt to the question, as if it were a cryme to have any warrant either debated or represented to your Majestie which is procured by the Duke of Lauderdale or himself, and this is ecchoed by his party, and by this meanes any further debate is stopt. There are some other particulars relating to these heads that are to bee offered to your Majestie in other papers which are not added now least your Majestie should now bee troubled with too long a paper. 1685. Oct. 1 st . Letter from Lord Townshend unaddressed. It is written to a gentleman who has disagreed with Lord Townshend about magisterial business in Norfolk. 1687-8. March 20 th . Discharge, signed " James R.," by King- dames II. to Sir Peter Apsly and Sir Benjamin Bathurst the treasurers and Receivers General of his Majesty's revenue before his accession, of a debt of 600/. on their account which had since been paid. 1689. Nov. 5 th . Letter (in French) unsigned ; headed " Lettre escritte a Monseigneur L'Evesque de Salisbury par le Secretaire Chouet. The writer mentions " notre republiqucy ' and the letter deals with its diplo- matic relations with Prance. Mentions that Monsieur des Maraiswho had been destined by the French King to go there as ambassador, was much objected to by the inhabitant- of the writer's " town " (name not given). 1696. April 1st"'. Sir dames Calthorp to Viscount Townshend. "The late horrid plot of assassinating the King, and encouraging an invasion from France has filled the goales with prisoners ; three have been executed for the assassination, all papists; two gentlemen Sir John Freind and Sir William Parkins for being ready to joyn with K[iug] J[ames] upon his landing with a French force. Three mere condemned his week upon the same account, the witness a partye to the plott. This gives occasion to greater severity in the severall countryes, and all non-jurors are called upon to take the oathes; in our County Sir N. L. and Sir C. amongst many others. Though most papist, Sir N. has given bale to appear at the next assises, and to be upon his good behaviour till then, when the oathes are to be rendred to him again. Sir C. chose rather to endure the penalty of six moneths imprisonment, after which he is discharged by law according to the late Act, but this Parliament o 2 36 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess have made a new one that all non jurors shall be reputed as Papists TOT M8B Bln) convict which is forfeiture of two-thirds of their estates." N. D. [after 1660]. Copy Petition to the House of Lords in an appeal now before them in which Edward Birmingham and others, some of " the officers and soldiers who reduced Ireland in 164 1 " are appellants, and Henry Earl of Shelburn, George Lord Carbery and others, trustees for the appellants, are respondents, praying that their Lordships will order the said appeal to be set down for hearing. [After 1661.] Draft letter from Horatio first Lord Townshend to whom is not stated, but to an aunt of the writer's, respecting the pro- posal of a marriage of his " niece Cartwright " to one M r Papillon, to which Lord Townshend is strongly opposed. N. D. Apethorpe. March 23 rd . Lord Westmoreland to his son-in-iaw Lord Townshend. Relating to the placing of the writer's proxy in the House of Lords as he is too unwell to attend. " Your mother enter- tained a clowd of sorrow and melancholly for the death of one of your sister Cartwright's children, else she is much after the old manner never perfectly well. So like Bausis and Philemon we two owld acquaintances sit cherishing one the other in the chimney corner hawk- ing and coughing like mad, but least you deem me so indeed I forbear all farther trouble saving to kiss my pretty lady's little fine hand." In a postscript " Pray remember me kindly to Hare and mind him of Ogleby's Homer : what would I give that the Lady had leverets in her belly, and yours another such like blessing." N. D. Aug. 27 th . Anthony Bishop of Norwich to Lord Townshend. " In pursuance of your Lordship's reference to me and generous offer to accept wdiat I should approve in D r Hugh's case, I have under my hand recomended to your Lordship a submission made to me by the Dr. which he will present to your Lordship as soon as his health permits. I cannot say it merits your acceptance, I am sure it canot, but finding your Lordship so charitably inclined. I canot but hope that your Lord- ship will admit both it and him to receive your pardon for which noble favour and admitting me to be the instrument under your Lordship of so pious and charitable a work, I shall give your Lorddship my hearty thanks as now I do for your late noble present." N. D. Francis Barber to Lord Townshend. The writer is a clergy- man holding two livings, and has been threatened by Lord Townshend that he shall be proceeded against under a recent act for some Eccle- siastical offence, praying his lordship to allow him to retain his bene- fices until further cider he taken and pointing out words in the act which will warrant his Lordship in doing so. N. D. A MS, apparently a case for opinion of counsel, relating to the estate of Sir Edward Lewkener grandfather of Lady Townshend the wife of Sir Horace Townshend, containing a great deal of genealogical informa- tion. The case states that said Sir EdAvard Lewkener died leaving a son Edward and three daughters ; by his will he devised certain property to his wife for life, remainder to his heir, and in case his wife should die leaving the heir a minor he conveyed the property to trustees during such minority on trust to raise portions for the daughters. Edward Lew- kener the son married Elizabeth daughter of Sir William Russell of Chip- penham, and died three weeks before he was 21, leaving one child, the present Lady Townshend, an infant only a few months old ; Lady Lewkener mother of the said Edward received all the profits of the estate of HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSIOK. 37 her son and bad his wife's marriage portion — 65000; two of the daughters Marquess married, and had their portions assigned to them under the will of tlieir '''■■, father, one to Sir Nicholas Le Strange, the other to M r Calthorpe and was since a widow ; the youngusl was l<> yens old and unmarried, and also had a portion on her reaching the age of 21 \ then Lady Lewkener died leaving her daughters her executors. Sir Horace Townshend married Mary the only daughter and heir of the said K whom does not appear; the letter commences "My Lord/' He hears that the Lord Lieutenants and deputies take it ill, that he has taken into his hand the book of the proceedings during the time he was Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, explaining his reason for doing so, and ascribing the King's displeasure with bim to the slanders of his enemies. N.D. Lord Townshend to whom is not stated. Draft letter beginning " My Lord " and written on a piece of paper addressed to Lord Town- shend and sealed with a shield bearing three demi-lions, two and one, surrounded by the garter, and surmounted with an earl's coronet. The letter is an answer to an intimation that the King is willing to restore Lord Townshend to favour, and is written in a dignified strain, the writer hinting at the King's ingratitude for his past sendees in the rebellion, and denying that he has anything to be forgiven except speaking his mind when questioned bv his Majesty, fearlessly and boldly. IV. — Undated and Miscellaneous Papers before 1700. 1584. 27 Elizabeth. Nov. 10 th . Lease from William Heygate to Roger Townshend of East Rayneham of the Mansion house called Ludgreves and premises thereunto belonging containing 100 acres, from Michael- mas then last past for three years at the yearly rent of 52/. per annum. 1613. Letters and particulars relating to lands and sheep pasture- in Rodham belonging to the Lady Berkeley and to the manor of West Rudham S' Faythe. 1614. May 10"'. Portion of the will of Sir Nathaniel Bacon devis- ing lands in Stifkey, Long Merston and other towns adjoining. Mentions his daughter Lady Anne Townshend, his grandchild Roger Townshend, his second daughter Lady Elizabeth Knvvett, his third daughter Lady Winifryd Gawdie, and his brother Edmund Bacon. 1 617. A view of the estate of Sir Roger Towneshend's manors lands and possessions in the counties of Norfolk Essex and Middlesex and in London. 1617. April 17 th . " A note of the payments to the Kinge and of all the fees and charges payed upon passage of the Patent of Batonetahippfor Sir Roger Towneshend Baronett." 38 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Inprimis to M r Morgan my Lord Treasorer's Secretarye for his paynes in renewing of the Commission three peeces - - - - - - - £3 6 s d Item to the then Attorney's man Yonge for drawinge and ingrossing of the Commission and first patent — three peeces - - - - - ■ £3 6 s d Item geven to M r Finche for drawinge of the seconde Patent, two peeces ----- 44s Item, to his clerke for coppying thereof - - - 11 s Item to M r Finche more for goinge to M r Attorney Yel- verton aboute some points altered by him in the saide draught ...... 22 s Item to M r Calvert the Clerke of the Councell for the Lords' Warrant to M r Attorney, and to his clerke for writinge thereof - 44 s Item to M r Attorney for his fees for perusinge and certifyinge of the Patent - - - £5 10* Item geven to M r Attorney's clerke for his fees for the same ------- 55 s Item to his man that engrossed the Patent - - 11 s Item to M r Attorney's doorekeeper - - - 11 s Item to the Clerke of the Councell for gettinge of the Comissioners' hands to the Patent - - - 22 8 Item payde in to the Eeceipte xi Aprilis'1617 for the first payment to the King ut patet by talley - - £365 Item payde then to M r Rowdon for fees in that office uppon payment of the said money - 20 s Item payde for the fees of the talley - 10 s Item payde for the makinge and enrolment of two bonds for the other two payments to the Kinge at vi s viij d apeece 13 s 4 d Item payde to M r Watson for his certificate of the first payment of the money and of the tallinge of the bonds 40 s Item payde to M r Benbowe for the fees of the Clerks of the Signet and Privye Scale, the Clerke of the Crowne, and the Heralds in toto • - - - £8 Item payde to him more of the vellum flourishing and strings for the Patent ----- 12 s Item payde to him more for the fayre writinge of the patent & for the clerk's paynes - 40 s Item payde to him more for the docquett - - 5 s Item payde to him more for the enrolment and dividend - 40 8 Item payde to him more for the fees at the Seale - 41 s 8 d Item payde to him more for the Sealer and Chafe wax - 6 s 8 d Sum total £407 10 s 8 d . Whereof in money payde to the Kinge for the first pay- ment of the fyne - £365 And in fees payde ut patet supra . - - £42 10 s 8 d 1624. May 25 th . Agreement made by the inhabitants of West Eayn- ham for the Cow pasture and New Close and Hearth Moore. 1661. April 20 th . Paper endorsed " Warrants for creations." " It is his Majestie's pleasure that the noblemen to be created meet at a Chamber that will be provided at the lower end of the banquetting house or. Satterday the 20 th of Apprill 1661 at 2 of the clocke in the afternoone precisely. The Barons to provide a surcoate. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 39 A Baron is to carry a mantle. M A! And 2 Barones are to support him. The Baron to bee created is to goe in 1 x i -^ surcoate, and atter hee i- presented to the King by his 2 Bapportora uppon theire knee-, thej rise up]) leaveinge the Baron to lie created in that posture dining the reading of his Patten t, and at the wind Creamus the Baron whoe carrya the mantle presents it to his Majestie who (the King laying his hand uppon it) with the helps of the 2 supports, putts it on, then the Patent bei read out, and delivered by his Majestie to the new created Baron hee gives his Majestic humble thanks for thai greate honor and then arisethJ' Note. This Warrant is for the creation of Sir Horatio Townshend as Baron Townshend of Lynn Regis by Letters Patenl dated the 20 th of April 1661. Fees for passing a Patent for a Baron, Viscount, & Earl. Secretary's fee for the warrant For enteringe it - Attorney- General fees £30 10*. for each To the Secretary for signing the bill when it's brought back - - - - - Signett for each .... Privy Seal the like for each - Crown Office, Hanaper Office, &c. King's servants. For an Earl - For a Viscount ------ For a Baron - - - - - Lord Chancellor's Secretary. For the Recepi For a Baron in all For a Viscount ----.- For an Ear] - Fees due to his Majestie's Servants, Hanaper Office, Crowne Office, and Great Seale for the Lord Towneshend's Dignity of Viscount. To his Majestie's Servants - Hanaper Office - - - - - Lord Chancellor's Grant of the Divident For signeing the Docquett _ - - Flourisht guilt skynne with gould and silver string- ------ To the Clerkf of the Crowne Clerk of the Crowne's Deputy and clerks Lord Chancellor's Gentleman of the Chamber Under Officers of his Lordshipp's House Sealers and Chafewax - - - - Clerke of the Hanaper's Deputy and clerk Private Scale and attendance - £ s. d. 6 5 30 10 6 6 13 4 6 13 4 135 206 10 167 9 4 135 5 4 5 guinea s. 246 14 6 288 17 10 332 18 6 £ s. d. 175 9 4 34 13 4 3 13 4 1 12 8 10 4 6 8 6 10 4 10 5 10 3 13 4 3 90 6 B 17.> 9 4 266 40 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. The Charge of passing the Right Honourable the Lord Townshend'? Dignity of a Viscount. £ s. d. To the Secretary for the King's Warrant and his Majestie's signeing the Bill Mr. Attorney, fee for the Bill Signet and Privy Seal - Docquets 3 guinnies - For a private Seal • Lord Chancellor's Recepi 5 guinees Great Seal, and to the King's servants at White- hall, Hanaper, Crowne Office, and Lord Chan- cellor's servants in toto - To under Officers - For a box - To the Solicitor for passing the Patent, tenn guinnies 32 5 30 10 17 3 4 6 2 5 7 6 266 7 5 1 () 10 15 Totall - 375 7 1661. Oct. 20 th . List of the officers of the several regiments of the militia of the County of Norfolk by John Kendall muster master. N. D. Similar list and Proclamation relative to the Act for better ordering of the militia and service thereunder. 1664. Nov. 3 rd . " Letter Office London." A copy of a letter to M r Salterton the Postmaster from the Post officers. " In answer to what you write concerning M r Kendall's demanding money of you for ex- presses sent by him to the Lord Townshend the like hath not been demanded from this office nor any postmaster that I ever yet heard of. Therefore you may give M r Kendall so much to understand that you cannot allow it without order The Post Master General is not obliged to carry any letters or pacquets free but such as come to these persons of honor, viz., The Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer and his Majestie's two principal Secretaries of State ; except by particular order under the King's hand, Duke of Ormond, Duke of Albermarle and the Lord Lowtherdale, Lord Secretary of Scot- land could not have their letters and despatches free until they sent His Majesty's warrant for the same. And if my Lord Townshend please to procure the like order under His Majesty's royal hand for his own and M r Kendall's letters and pacquetts passing free, his Honor and M 1 ' Kendall will receive the benefit of it. Until that be obtained the office cannot pass them to His Majesty's accompt, nor can the Postmaster General bear the loss for many reasons, and this is all the answer to be given you at present." Account touching the Lord Townshend's defalcations icom 1674 to Lady day 1G80 (amounting with interest to £10110 6* 6\d.,) under his Majesty's grant of the coal farm — to be made up out of the growing reserved rent or otherwise as His Majesty shall think fit. N. D. Draft for the conditions of a bond for 200/. relative to the sum of £100 bequeathed to the townsmen of Denham in the County of Seffolk by the Lady Mary Townshend, wife of Horatio Lord Towns- hend, Baron of King's Lynn. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION'. 41 Undated. Temp. Charles II. Sir John Knyvett's list of officers of Mabqubm Sir John Holland's regiment with hie owne feroope <>i' Volunteers. Undated. Temp. Eliz. Paper relative to the enforcement of certain orders of the Privy Council for Stay of the dearth of coin ami the pre- vention of a rise in the price thereof. Sentences printed in the Lord Keeper's gallerie :it Ciorambury and selected by him out of divers authors and sent to the good Lady Lumley at her desire. N.D. ''Article- obiected againsl Thomas Beckham touchinge his be - gettinge of a basterd chield of thebodie of Katthryne Pallmer." N.D. Paper signed Hugh Morrell and headed "Sundry overtures (in all humility) to i lie Right honorable the Lord Townsend for improving the i xportacon of our sea eoales to all forraigne princes dominions and plantacons in Christendome." N.D. Paper endorsed " Case of Bewdley election, Herbert aud Winnington," containing a narrative of the proceedinge at an election of a burgess to sit in Parliament for the borough of Bewdley, contested by M r Winnington a burgess of the borough and M r Herbert. A dispute arose as to whether M r Herbert not being a burgess could be elected, and the Town Clerk thinking he could not, took down only the names of those who voted for M r Winnington and declared him duly elected, although a majority of the burgesses polled for his opponent. N.D. Case and petition of Valentine Knightley Esquire claiming the Barony of Fitz Warine, N.D. Fragment of a book (commencing at p 25.) containing a list of officers in the Royal Household with their salaries, a list of the castles, parks &c. belonging to the Crown and other information. No date is given, but the Earl of Salisbury and Lord Elphinstone are returned as Principal Secretaries, John Lord Stanhope as Master of the Posts, ami the Earl of Worcester Master of the Horse. N.D. Letter from the Justices of the Peace in the County of Nor- folk to Lord Townshend the Lord Lieutenant, on the subject of the militia of the County. N.D. Petition (to whom is not stated ; possibly to the Privy Council) from the Mayor and Corporation of King's Lynn setting forth the losses their town has suffered of late years at the hands of the Dutch and that they are unable to supply the two ships of war which they have been com- manded to furnish to the fleet now preparing in consequence of the depression and injury done to their trade, praying to be excused from furnishing the ships. N.D. Papers unsigned relative to providing a house for the poor of Aylvsham and the opposition to the proposal offered by Sir Christopher Hey don. N.D. An undated memorandum. "That the Dutchess of Queensberry is surprized and well pleased that the King hath given her soc agreeable a comand as to stay away from Court where she never came for diversion ; but to bestow a greater civility upon the King and Queen. She hopes by such an unpresedented order as this that the King will see as few as he wishes att his Court 12 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. (perticularly such as dare to thinke or speake truth). I dare not doe other ways and ought not nor could not have imagined that it would not have been the highest compliment that I would possibly pay the King to endeavour to support truth and innocence in his house. Particu- larly when the King and Queen had both told me that they had not read M r Gay's Play. I have certainely done right then to stand to my own word rather than his Grace of Grafton's who hath neather made use of truth, judgment, or honour through this whole affaire either for himselfe or his freinds, " C. Qdeensbukry." N.D. Letter unsigned and unaddressed beginning "Dear Cosin," relating to the Norwich petition which has been " dismissed without anything being done upon it." The arbitrary proceedings of the Mayor, the writer thinks, deserve the severest punishment the Privy Council can inflict. The present action of the Council will be a great encourage- ment to the Mayor. N. D. Temp. James II. Petition of the House of Commons to the King. Thanking his Majesty for his great care in the suppression of the late rebellion which threatened " the utter extirpation of our religion as by law established which is most dear unto us and which your Majesty has been pleased to give us repeated assurances you will always defend and support which with all gratefull hearts wee shall ever acknow- ledge." The King's recent speech has been considered " and as to that part of it relating to the officers in the army, not qualified for theire employments according to an Act of Parliament made in the 25 th year of the reigne of your Majestie's royal brother of blessed memory, entituled An Act for preventing dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants, wee doe out of our bounden duty, humbly represent unto your Majesty that those officers cannot by law bee capable of theire employments, and that the incapacityes they bring upon themselves thereby, can no wayes bee taken off, but by an Act of Parliament." Therefore a bill is now being prepared for the Eoyal assent to indemnify these officers, and the peti- tioners beg that pending the new act they may be removed from their posts. The King's answer is : "I did not expect such an adresse from this House of Commons, after haveing soe lately recommended to your con- sideration the great advantages a good understanding between us had procured in a very short time, and giving you warning of fears and jealousies amongst ourselves. I had reason to hope that the reputation God hath blessed me with in the world would have created and confirmed a greater confidence in you of me and of all I say to you. But however you proceed on your part, I will bee steady in all the promises I have made you and bee very just to my word in everyone of my speeches." N.D. A dialogue in verse between "The Lord R's Ghost and D 1 ' C. Dean of Can." A rather scurrilous production of which the meaning is very obscure. Lord E. calls the Dean a rebel, whereupon the Dean answers D. " Rebell, my Lord, that's too severe I did give way, comply and sweare Sure that admitts a softer name G. To praise it when 'tis done's the same -Tr TT "ff *F ^T Besides you've sworn i' th' face of the nation For to support the usurpation HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 43 Since iliis no doubt must be the Benco Of swearing to another Prince, Because iu any elce 'twould bee Nothing to his security * I can tell It is the comon talke of II — 11 Thai yon more instrumental! was In bringing matters to this pa- Thau either Danhy or Dehunere Or he who did the Jack boot weare Or e'u that curst false Scotch Apostle Who so much in the cause did bustle Nor were by one halfe soe serviceable As you to raise the headstrong rabble. * * # * * But now the stars become less bright And I must goe before 'tis night. D. I wish your Lordship may get home well G. What ! Nothing to your uncle Cromwell D. Yes, duty, and his paines to soften Tell him the newes G. I'll see you often." N.D. (latter end of 17 th century). General instructions of a mother to a daughter (named Julia) for her conduct in life. Ends : " Thus, my dearest Julia, have I led you through the different stages of human life, and hope, when you read this, you'll rather think it came from a friend whose tenderness endeavoured to make you perfect than from a mother grown severe by age ; and do not enquire whether she who gave you these lessons, observed them herself, only think that she who could give them was capable of following them ; others' faults do not lessen ours, but ought to serve as examples to deter others from them. I flatter myself from the observations I have made on your temper that this abridgment of your conduct may be serviceable to you in all in- stances of your life, on which I beseech the Divine Being to pour His Holy Blessing." Bundle marked " Warrants of Commitment to the Tower." 1675. Jan. 16 th . Warrant under the Sign Manual to the Constable of the Tower to take into his custody Colonel Henry Danvers committed for treasonable practices against the King and the Stale. 1675. Feb. 27 th . Warrant under the Sign Manual to the Constable of the Tower to take into his custody Robert Cobbett committed for treason- able practices against the King and the State. 1675. Sept. 22 nd . Warrant signed by "Finch C." " Danby," « Carbery," " Newport," " II. Coventry," « Tho. Chicheley," " R. Carr " (?), u Edw. Walker" to the Earl of Northampton, Constable of the Tower, to take into his custody Colonel Philip Warner for the murder of his own brother, in commission from his Majesty and seme Indians in friendship with the English. 1675. Oct. 21 st . Warrant signed by Edward Seymour Speaker of the House of Commons, to the Earl of Northampton, Constable of the Tower, to take into his custody Lord Cavendish for his breach of the privilege of the House of Commons in prosecuting a quarrel against M r Thomas Howard whilst the matter was depending before the said House. Town 44 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. ^ Ur ^-™ 167-K Oct. 22 ,ul . A like warrant for the discharge of the' said Lord t i i \\ N Sri L^ I> " MSS. Cavendish. 1675. October 2G ,h . Warrant signed by Edward Seymour Speaker of the House of Commons, to the Constable of the Tower to take into his custody M r Thomas Howard for being the author, promoter, and dis- perser of a paper signed T. Howard of Richmond and Carlisle, voted by the House to be a scandalous paper and a breach of the privilege of the said hotise. 1675. Nov. 8"'. A like warrant for the discharge of the said M r Thomas Howard. 1676. Feb. 7 l1 '. Order of the House of Lords to the Constable of the Tower to receive into his custody George, Duke of Buckingham for his high contempt committed against the House. 1676. Feb. 9 th . Warrant signed by " Finch C." " Danby," " Ormonde," " Lindsey." " H. Coventry," " J. Williamson," " Robert Southwell " to the Constable of the Tower to receive into his custody D r Nicholas Cary for publishing a scandalous and seditious libel to the dishonor of the King's Majesty and his Government, and in which libel it is most falselv affirmed and by many feigned reasons endeavoured to be proved that the present Parliament is dissolved. 1676. Feb. 16 th . Order of the House of Lords to the Constable of the Tower to receive James, Earl of Salisbury, Anthony Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury, and Philip, Lord Wharton — for their high contempts committed against the House. 1676. Feb. 17 th . Order to the Earl of Northampton Constable of the Tower, for strengthening the guard in the Tower, signed ' Monmouth.' Seal. 1676. Feb. 21 st . Warrant under the sign manual for M rs Amee Cary to visit her husband. 1676. Mar. 1 st . Order of the House of Lords that D r Cary be fined 1,000/. and remain a prisoner until he have paid the same. 1676. Mar. 28 th . Warrant under the Sign Manual to the Con- stable of the Tower to send Colonel Philip Warner on board the Phoenix to be transported to the Island of Barbados. 1676. April 28"'. Warrant under the Sign Manual to the Con- stable of the Tower for Colonel Henry Danvers' discharge. 1676. May 4 th . Warrant under the Sign Manual to the Constable of the Tower for Major Cobbett's discharge. 1676. May 12"'. Warrant signed by "Anglesey," "Worcester," "Finch C." " Peterborow," "J. Bridgwater," " VV. Maynard." "J. Williamson," " Edw. Walker " to the Earl of Northampton, Constable of the Tower, to take into his custody John Freake of the Middle Temple Esq. for dispersing a seditious libel called the Chronicle of which he is presumed to be the Author. 1676. May 19 th . Warrant signed by " Finch C," " Worcester," "C. Craven," " J. Bridgwater," " H. London," « H. Coventry," " J. William- son," " J, Ernie," and " Edw. Walker " to the Constable of the Tower to take into his custody John Radford committed for high treason. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 45 1676. May 28 th . Warrant under the Sign Manna] to keep Mr. Mj Freake fl close prisoner, being committed for high treason. 1676. June 21 Ht . Warrant under the Sign Manual to the Constable of the Tower to take into hia custody Charles Lord Cornwallis, com- mitted for being indicted for murder. 1676. July .5"'. Warrant signed by " Finch C," " Anglesey," "Danby," "Ormonde," "J.Ernie," " J. Williamson," " John Nichol- Bon," to the Constable of the Tower to take into hia custody Sir Philip Monckton, knight, for writing a seditious and scandalous letter to defame the Government and (he Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council and to raise groundless jealousies and fears among the people tending to public disturbance. 1676. July 22 nd . Warrant under the sign manual to permit the Duke of Buckingham to have his liberty unto the 22 ud August next. 1677. Jan. 2'"'. Warrant under the Sign Manual to James Earl of Northampton, Constable of the Tower, to take into his custody Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, committed for speaking blasphemy and other misdemeanours. 1677. June 1 st . Wan-ant under the sign manual to the Constable of the Tower to permit the Earl of Salisbury to go to Hatfield to remain until the 30 th June. 1677. June 29 th . Similar warrant, enlarging the time to 31 st July. 1677. July 23 rd . Similar warrant, discharging him from imprison- ment, he having expressed his extreme trouble for having offended the King and House of Peers by what he owned to have unadvisedly said concerning the late Prorogation. 1677. July 29 th . A similar warrant for the discharge of Philip Lord Wharton. 1677. July 20 th . Warrant under the sign manual to the Constable of the Tower to permit any person signified by a Secretary of State to have access to Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury. 1677. July 2 nd . Warrant signed by Sir Joseph Williamson principal Secretary of State, to the Constable of the Tower, to receive George Bullen on board the ship John, and convey him to the Tower, being committed tor dangeroua words by him spoken against his Ma sty on board the ship called the John. 1677. Aug. 26 th . Secretary Coventry's letter to the Earl of North- ampton to permit Richard Lucy to have access to the Earl of Shaft s- bury. 1677. Dec. 5"'. Warrant signed by " Finch ('.,"' ■• Danby," "Angle- sey," • W. Mavnard," - J.Ernie," "J. Williamson," " Thomas Dolman," to the Earl of Northampton, Constable of the Tower, to take into hi? custody the Lord Purbeck for carrying and delivering a challenge to the Heer Van Benting, Chamberlain to the Prince of Orange, :'> the Palace of S* James's and for other misdemeanour-. 1677. Dec. 29 th . Warrant to the Constable of the Tower to recruit the three Companies in the Tower and to admit and entertain such recruits. t('» HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MABQTTBSfl N.D. — Draft appointment by James Earl of Northampton, Constable ' **ra& BTO of tlle Tower, of Sir John Robinson, Knight and Baronet, as his Deputy — Constable of the Tower. Bundle marked " Petitions." N.D. Petition of Robert Perkins, " lying under sentence of death," to Charles Viscount Townshend, praying his Lordship to procure his pardon. N.D. Petition (in French) of the Duchess of Grafton to the King, on behalf of Sir Henry Bombury accused of high treason for having franked a seditious letter of one Captain White. The Duchess alleged, in excuse of Sir Henry, that it was the custom for members of Parlia- ment (who had the privilege of franking letters) to give blank envelopes ready franked to their servants to be used on occasion, and that one of these had been given to White and used by him to convey a treasonable letter. She prays the clemency of the King on behalf of Sir Henry. N.D. Petition of Sir Humfrey Ferrers Knight to the King, stating that certain manors in Essex Bucks and Derbyshire had been granted to his ancestor Sir Henry Ferrers : that these manors had come into the hands of the Crown by reason of the minority of one of the petitioner's predecessors in title and that they have never since been recovered for various causes; praying a restoration of them to him. N.D. Petition to the King of the Mayor and burgesses of Thetford, imprisoned for contempt of the King and of Lord Townshend his Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, making apology and submission and praying thereupon their release. There is a large collection (marked " Verses ") of fugitive songs, poems ballads, squibs, lampoons &c. of no particular interest. The following is amusing, and a fair sample of the remainder. 1. A wicked old Peer And a Bishop I hear About going to Hell made a rout They both had observed Twas what they deserved But which should go first was the doubt. 2. That, swore and lyed This, hypocrisy tryed 'Twas hard to say which was the worst, Give the Devil his due, Two worse he ne're knew But however the Bishop went first. 3. Affronted in Hell At what I can't tell He sat musing, nor opened his mouth But soon the bright M s, Who now in the dark is, As usual began with an oath. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. '.t Wh n <) — d il— inn ye old Nick, We'll phew you a trick, We Monarchy always have hated, We both will disown Your right to the Throne And Bwear you have abdicated. 5. s_r m Bight Marq — b of W u 'Tis what I first thought ou His title nor you nor I know 'Twould be a line thing II' horns made a king, I'm sure he is not jure divino. 6. But straightway the D Grown wondrous civil At the sayings of each hopeful imp Cryed hold up your faces, Ye both shall have places S m my porter, and W n my pimp. 7. They bowed and went on But whispered the throng Now we're in, of our time we'll make use, We'll maul the old whelp If you'll lend us your help And who knows but all Hell may break loose Then W n did say If we can't get away For one thing we'll give you our words Here will be by and l>y With S m& 1. Two thirds ,.| the Bishops and Lord-. With these helps I hope Spite of D 1 and P — pe If the bonesl damned will come over My friend's zeal and mine To the Protestant line Will bring in the House of II r. There is a bundle of letters marked on the outside "Letters to Mr. Titley." These are of the years 1692 and 1693 and are from various i"\\ V8HEHL 48 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Mabqttbss servants, bailiffs, and agents of Lord Townshend to Mr. Titley, who mss. E>D appears to have been Ms Lordship's chief agent in London, on various matters, such as sending down wigs, boots, shoes, saddles, wine, clothes &c. for Lord Townshend's use. Several letters are from Mrs. Ann Newborough the dame of Lord Townshend's sons, Soger and Horace, at Eton. State Papers, Despatches, Etc. 1702-1742. 1 70^. March 3rd. Copy of a letter '* for his Ma tiea Service," addressed to the County Magistrates of Norfolk ; directing them to carry out the Council Order of Feb? 19th, 1701, relating to the impressment of sea- men. Dated at Norwich Castle and signed by, " yo r very loving Friends, Edward Ward, Arthur Windham, and John Harbord, Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Norfolk." You are by His Ma ties especiall Directions to issue out yo r Wa** 9 forthw' 1 ' to the Chief Constables w th in yo r Divisions, to send out their Wav tts forthw th to the Petty Constables w th in their Limitts, that they may make exact Lists of the Names of all Seamen, comprehending also Boatmen, Bargemen, Watermen, & Fishermen, as inhabit w ,h in their respective Parishes, w th an Account of their severall Ages, & Conditions, according to the Forme and Scheme which is hereunto annexed that the s d Chief Constables may transmits the same to Mr. Edward L'Estrange, Gierke to the Lieutenancy of Norfolke, that soc he may give his T/ship, the Lord Viscount Townshend an Acc° thereof 1702. May 16th. Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State, to Lord Townshend (Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk). Dated at Whitehall and stating that the Queen wishes the Privy Council Letters for procuring Seamen to be carried out forthwith in the most effectual manner. 1702. Dec. 5th, N.S. Copy of a Memorial of Alexander Stanhope, British Minister at the Hague, in reply to a Memorial of the States General dated r^ November. 2 pp. 170§. March 16th. " Extract of a Letter from Mr. Stanyan, Her M;i'- Vs Envoy in Swisserland, to the Earl of Sunderland." About the territory of Tockenbourg in Switzerland, which is subject to the Abbots of St. Gall, and is in danger of losing its privileges through the briber}' and intrigues of the latter. 5 pp. 1709. April 10th. Baron Schutz, Hanoverian Minister in London, to Secretary Boyle, " to have France's acknowledging the Electorate of Hanover made a Preliminary of the Treaty." In French. Dated at St. James's Square. 1^ pp. 1709. April 17th Copy of Mons 1 " Schutz's Scheme of a Barrier for the Empire. In French. 'd\ pp. 1709. April — . Copy of a letter, in French, " on behalf of the Protestants at the Treaty of Peace." Dated at the Hague and unsigned. 8 pp. 1 709. May 2nd. Copj' of Lord Townshend's Credentials to the States General. In French, l^ pp. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 40 Same date. Court :tt St. James's. The Queen's ''Private Enstruc- Huvte tions for I), of Marlborough and Lord Townshend." t..v>h. e .v„ " Whereas it is expected thai several towns now belonging to, and in — ' the hands of France should be given up, and yeilded by the Treaty of Peace to be garrisoned bj the Forcea of the States General, for the security of their Barrier. If therefore the Revenews of bucd town-. their Dependencies, and Territorys, bo deliver'd up, and garrisoned, nott found sufficient to answer the necessary expencee to be mad.- for that Service, in such case von have liberty to consent to the adding bucIi further Sum, or Sums, as shall be thought requisite and reasonable for that purpose, out of the [ncomes, and Reveneues, arising in general from the Spanish 'Low Countri< -." A. R. Xo date.] "A List of Treaties that are in Mr. Secretary Boyle's Office." is.', pp. This lisl commences with the Emperor's Ratification of King William's Accession to the Treaty made between the Emperor and the States General at Vienna,— 12th May 1689; and it ends with the Elector Pala- tine's Ratification of the Convention between her Majesty and the States General, and his Electoral Highness, at the Hague, — 17th May 1703. 1709. May 10th. Whitehall. George Tilson to Horatio Walpole. Written in great haste. "We have directions for 7 Lieut 6 Gen 1 , Stanhope, Mordant, Farrington, Howe, Cadogan, Meredyth, Palmes. You see we make provision for War, whatever the Pr[ench] may think of peace" .... 1709. May loth. Christopher Tilson " To his Excellency the Lord Viscount Tovsnshend, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Great Britain to the Stales Gen 11 of the United Pro- vinces." Dated at the Treasury Chambers. .... "The Privy Seal for Your Lordps allowances is passed and at my Lord Treafers return from New Markett, w ch wilhc tomorrow, I hope to obtaine his Warrant to the Excheq 1 for your Lordps Equipage money w (! ' is 1500 1 ', and for three months advance on your Entertainm* of 100 H p weeke ; that being done your Lordship may please to value your selfe on me for 2700 1 ' or thereab*." 1709. May 14th. Mons 1 ' Schutz to Secretary Boyle. " Concerning the Barrier and the affair of Religion." Copy. In French. 2 pp. 1709. May loth. Copy of a letter from Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony and King of Portugal, to Queen Anne. In Latin with the following translation : — We Friderick Augustus, by the Grace of God King, Duke of Saxony, &C, To the most Serene and' most Potent Princess, Anne, by the same Grace, Queen of Great Britain France and Ireland &c, Greeting. Friderick Khune Our Subject has humbly represented in a memorial offered to Qs, that his Brother Rudolph formerly Cloeel Keeper to the late King William of pious Memory died at Kensington in Sept r 1707. having left a Will, whereby he made Martin Christian his Brother's Son his Heir. And tho' there was no Mich Person in being, BO that upon Default of the said Ih-ir, the Will became void, and the Estate was to devolve to the next of kin to the Intestate, among whom is the said Friderick Khune, vet his Share of the Inheritance is contested by the Sons of another Brother of the deceased, upon a Pretence that the whole belonged of right to One of them ; wherefore he has humbly & e desired Us to recommend his Case to Your Ma[jes]ty. And indeed We U 24953. D 50 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. M.U5QVESS could not easily deny him Our Letters to Your Ma[jes]ty in his favour. -iten-d no t 011 iy ag ij e thought Our Recommendation would be of great Ad- vantage to him, but also as it seemed just <& reasonable to Us that the Lawrall Successors should have their Right preserved to them intire. And as We are persuaded Your Ma[jes]ty's great Justice will incline you to be of the same Opinion, We make it Our Brotherly Request, that You would please to vouchsafe Your Royal Favour to the said Kuhne Our Subject, and interpose Your Authority in this unjust Controversy carrying on against him, that he may possess his just Right of Inheri- tance without any Vexation or Trouble. Which will not only be a great Addition to the Character of Your Ma[jes]ty's Justice so well known in the World, but will also be a particular favour done to Us, when We find we have so successfully interested Ourself in this Matter. As to what remains, May Your Ma[jes]ty long enjoy your health, & promise to Yourself every thing that can be expected from a Prince, who has so true a Respect and Value for the British Name. Given at Dresden the 13th day of May 1709. Your Majesty's Good Brother and Cousin, Augustus Rex. 1709. May 15th. Copy of a resolution of the States General in be- half of the French Protestants. [No date.] A Memorial in French, endorsed : — " The Guaranty of the Kings of England for the treatys between the Protestants and the King of France." 7 pp. [No date.] A Memorial [in French] concerning the Protestants in France. 8 pp. [No date.] Raisons pourquoi Sa Majeste la Reine de la Grande Brettagne & les Seigneurs Etats Gen[erau]x des Provinces Unies peu- vent avec justice demander en depost la Ville de Strasbourg avec le Haute et Basse Alsace et les moyens comment y parvenir. [Unsigned and unaddressed.] 3£ pp. 1709. May 24th. Christopher Tilson to Lord Townshend. Dated at the Treasury Chambers and addressed as before. " touching your Lorps money at the Excheq r I have now nothing to repeat to your Lordp but that I have actually received the same ; and have obtained also from my L d Chamb[er]l[ai]n W[arran]ts for the nec[es9a]rys following Vizt, for 5893 oz. White Plate & 1066 oz. guilt Plate, For a State [Coach] with the other nec[essa]rys attending it, For an Altar Cloth, Books & other Chaple necessarys, For the Queen's Picture at Length and Frame & Case ; I am now going to acquaint my Lady (who is now is Towne,) with these things, expecting her Ladyship has your Lordships particular directions about them. I am with all imaginable respect " etc. 1709. May i -—. John Robinson to the same. Hamburgh. The writer suggests that France should be obliged to discharge all foreigners serving in its armies. [No date.] Plan d'une Barriere pour l'Empire. Unsigned. En- dorsed " Rec d from Baron Schutz." 3£ pp. [No date.] The projects of the States General and the British Ambassadors compared. In parallel columns in the handwriting of Horatio Walpole. A preamble and 22 Articles. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION^ 51 [No date] Draughl of the 26* Article of the Preliminaries relating T {J to the French King acknowledging the Elector of Hanover: — "Sa Majeste* reconnoistra des la Signature dje cea Preliminaires la dignite Electorale de son Altesse Electorate de Brounsvic Lunebourg e1 son Office d'Architresorier de l'Kmpire qui y esl attached" 1709. May 28th. Articles preliminaires pour servir auz traltez d< la Paix Generate. Signed at the Hague at this date. 40 Articles. 14 pp. [copy]. The signatories were [Prince] Eugene of SaroTj Philippe Louis Conite of Sinzendorf, the Prince and Duke of Marl- borough, [Viscount] Townshend, J. de Welderen, L. B[aron] de Beede, A. Heinsius, [Baron] Couinck, P. Baron de Beede de Renswoode, s - V[on] G-ostinga, Van [ttersum, W. Wickers, Willem Buys, and P. V[an] Dussen. Same date. John Wieh, Envoy at Hamburg, to Lord Townshend. . . . . " This Town will have an occasion to lay themselves att your Excellence's feett, and implore Your Protection, when the grand & alluring Topiek of Trade may come to be handled . . . ." Same date. The same to Horatio Walpole. Is sending by M r Statton " a box in which are five gold meddalls, however I tell him 'tis some of the Duke of Cells powder, so famous on all occasions you wrote for." .... 1709. June — . John Robinson to the same. From Hamburgh. 14th The writer hears that the King of Sweden gained a great victory about the end of March. 1709. June 4th. The same to the same. Will send a translation of the requests of the Town of Dantzig. 1709. June 6th. Minutes of a Conference between the Ministers of the Allies and Mons r de Rouille. In French. 5^ pp. 1709. June 7th. Resolution of the States General upon the Report of the Conference between the Ministers of the Allies and Mons* de Rouille, in reference to the French King's refusal of the Preliminaries. In French. 4 pp. Same date. John Chetwynd to Lord Townshend. From Turin. . ..." I beg to congratulate your Ex ,v upon the good choice w cl1 the Queen hath made of you to manage her affaires in so nice a conjuncture, & I heartily wish your E.v- V may meet with good Success in your Negotiations. If what our last letters bring us be true, you have allready gon a good way in your great worck, so far, that we expect B Courier here from the Duke of Savoy's Minister every moment, with the news of y™ haveing adjusted the preliminarys of Peace, or that you have dismissed the Marq 3 de Torcy. The Duke of Savoy's Courier is just now arrived with the news of your haveing Bigned the Preliminarys, I have been at Court, and have seen the Duke's Utters from his Ministers, as well as from my L a Duke [of Marlborough] & Prince Eugene; H.R. II. seems pritty well satisfied with what you have don for him, & I must own, I am very well pleased to see things in so fair a way" Same date. John Robinson to Horatio Walpole. From Ham burgh. It is reported the King of Sweden with his Army has passed the Rmr Dnieper without any hindrance from the Muscovite.".. r 2 52 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Mat. 1709. June 11th. John Wich to Lord Townshend. -The King of Danemarck is expected in Holstein very suddaiuly, and tlien wee may hear a little what passed at that magniliceut inter- view " .... Same date. The same to Horatio Walpole. ... "I am and always was of the Opinion that His Grace [the Duke of Marlborough] will getl much better and more advantageous conditions with the Sword drawn, then in suffering the Eibaldrye of three or four French slaves, and Sycophants to be whisper'd about the World as a sort of a Preliminary n .... Same date. A diary of the affairs of Hamburg (from May 13th, 1708, to May 3rd, 1709). Enclosed in Mr. Wych's letter of this date. In French. \\\ pp. Same date. D 1 ' Henry Newton to Lord Townshend. From Florence. ' ; The Pope has not yet ackuowledg d King Charles the Third, in hopes that a Generall Peace may take of from him the Envy & the Hazard of such an Act, & so upon one pretence or another, temporizes betwixt the contending powers, & delayes to make good the late Treaty with the Emper 1 in that Part. Hee fears the Two Crowns, loves not the House of Austria, & at present suffers by them all : no mony being now returnd to Rome from Naples or Millain, & as little at present likewise to be expected from Spain : so that the Cardinalls are not able to keep up their usuall Port at Rome, most of their Revenews as likewise of the Apostolic Chamber arising from those parts. Here in Tuscany the Succession of the Family being in danger, since there is now no Likelihood, that either of the two Princes, the Sons of the G[rand] Duke, should have any issue, the Court has at last resolvd that the Cardinall of Medices shall marry with the second Daughter of the Duke of Guastalla, with whom all things are now said to be adjusted, & that we may expect the Bride in a few dayes at Florence .... Tis thought Cardinall Medices's Cap will be bestowd upon the Abbat Salviati, Brother to the Duke of that name in this Citty & is at present Nuncio at Paris for the carrying the Consecrated Blanketts from the Pope to the Duke of Britanny : w ch at Rome will bee reckned for an Hon r done by them to that Court." 1709. June 12th. The same to the same. From Turin. I had the honour to write to Lord Sunderland in favour of the exiled Protestants in the Valley of Perouse .... I flatter myself that her Maj ,v will be pleased to approove of what I have had the honour to write in their favour, & I hope your Ex c )' will allso grant them your protection, when the Treaty with the Dukc of Savoy shall be con- cluded The Dutch Envoy at this Court hath wrote to his Masters to this purpose, we allways act in concert in things of this nature. 1709. June 14th. Christian Cole to the same. From Venice. Two Brittish Merchants, Mess re Boddington & Colebrooke set out from hence for Holland by the post. I have charged them with some Pamphletts newly published, and relating to the present dif- ferences, lately half adjusted at Rome Since the departure of the Germans for Pie[d]mont every thing is hush in Italy, and I cannot send your Lordship any news of moment HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 53 1709. June Ulh - John Robinson to Lord Townshend. From •/ 25th Hamburgh. — The writer hears from Poland and Saxony that Kins Augustus is resolved to return to Poland and to endeavour to regain that Crown. 1709. June 18th. John Wich to Horatio Walpole. Prom Hamburgh. Yon will have seen the propositions thi> poor Town has made to England toward- being restor'd to the same priviledges of Trade with as the Hollanders. 1 must beg you to recommend their miserable case on all hands to Ids Excellence .... 1709. June 18th. Draft of a letter from Horatio Walpole to M' Secretary Boyle. 1709. June 24th. Draft of a letter, the same to the same. 1709. June 25th. John Robinson to Horatio Walpole. The writer objects to a Squadron being sent into the Sound to inter- cept Corn Ships going to France since no force can be used there without a violation of the King of Denmark's neutrality. 1709. June 28th. The same to the same. Enclosing a paper which has become separated. Same date. John Wich to the same. About the plans of Bang Augustus. 1709. July 6th. John Chetwynd to the same. Dated at Turin. " Last Thursday Mar [sb] all Dawn reviewd the Imperial] and Pied- rnontese horse at Orbassano consisting of about ten thousand. The Infantry w th a Detachment oi 600 horse, have begun their march, and are to be at the foot of mount Cenis tomorrow when the Mar[sh]al designs to join them, an the 9 th Inst, they will begin to climb up that Mountain. Two thousand Pioneers or more w ,h some Infantry have been employed ever since the 2 a Ins- to make a way over Mount Cenis to facilitate the passage of our heavy Artillery in case Mar[sh]all Dawn should have occasion for any, to force some of the Enemies Posts in Savoy or make a Siege on that Side. Besides the Army w oh marches with Mar[sh]all Dawn over Mount Cenis, Gen 11 Rehbinder is detached w th 16 Batt. to observe the Enemies at Briancon where we are informed they have 30 Battallions. Letters from Paris say that they are under great Consternation there £ apprehensive of an Action in Flanders. Mons* de Roclore Govern 1 ' & M* de Baville Entendant of the Sevennes, have sent Courier upon Courier to the Court of France to demand a speedy Succour from the King to endeavour to extinguish the fire w' 1 kindles there. The number of those who have taken up Arm- is considerable and encreases daily, these are both Roman Catholics and Protestants. This being so near the Fronteer, to be favoured by the Duke of Savoys designs, gives great uneasiness to the Court of France. They talk in France that all their Troops are recalled from Spain, & that their design Seems to lie to have an army in the Kingdom to curb the people in the several! Provinces, who begun to mutiny, rather than to send Succours to the Armies in Flanders and Daupliine as the Court gives out. Mr. Palmes went from hence yesterday for Milan to wait the Arri vail of Count Slick or what other Minister the Emp r will he pleased to send to see and adjust the differences betwixt his Imp 11 Maj'y and the Duke of MSS. .34 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MjjwmESE Savoy who seems resolved not to take the field till ho get Satisfaction To^sshenb from the Court of Vienna, as to the entire execution of his Treaty. The Duke of Savoy has given leave to Prince Emmanuel & P. Eugene of Soisous, nephews to P. Eugene of Savoy to make the Campain with Mar [sh] all Dawn, and they will leave this place to join the Army tomorrow. His R.H. having sent all the Troops that he possibly could into the field, we have nothing but the Militia left for the guard of this place." 1709. July 9th. Florence. Dr. Henry Newton to Lord Townshend. The Peace of Italy has made us here but empty of News at present. The Pope's health declines, and the recognition of King Charles the Third's stile delay'd, w c ' h upon the News of the Preliminary es at Rome wanted but little of being complyd with. Wee are like to have a very extraordinary Harvest in these parts, after all the fears they had of a bad one ; Wee expect to heare every houre of the arrivall of the Princesse Guastalla here to consumate the marriage with the Prince Francesco Maria (for that is the name the late Cardinall Medici goes by) who is now upon the road with his Nephew, the youngest Prince, to meet and conduct her hither. I had my first Audience on the 6 th instant of that Prince, bee being no longer now Protector of the Two Crowns ; to con- gratulate him upon the occasion of his Marriage ; there being no hope left, of keeping up the Succession of the Family, and consequently of securing on this Side the quiet of Italy 1709. July 10th. Milan. General Francis Palmes to the same. Att my Arrival att Turin from the Court of Venice I found the news of the treaty of Peace being broke of w ch made me believe that y r Excellency would have returned from thence for London, but since I find that y w are like to continue att the Hague sometime I desire leave to pay my respects to y r Excellency and att the same time to communicate to y w what passes in my station where I hope to be very soon. I have been here these three or four days expecting the Emperors Minister who is to be sent hither in order to adjust the differences between his R. Highnesse the Duke of Savoye and that Court, who I fear will not when he does come settle those affairs altogether to his R : H : Satisfaction I doe with all my heart congratulate y r LordP being employed by her Maty to put an honorable end to a tedious and just warr, w ch I hope will give a happy and lasting peace to Old England, and quiet and honor to all those who contributed to bring its Enemys to reason. 1709. July 12th. John Wich to Horatio Walpole. Enclosing a statement in French of the proceedings of the " Com- mission Imperiale " from May 3 rd to July 9 th . 1709. July 14th. Mr. David Flotard's Proposal to support and assist the rising in the Vivares and the Cevennes, Dated at Amsterdam. In French. 3 pp. [No date.] A Memorial of Mr. Flotard enelosed in the last and addressed to Queen Anne and the Allies. In French. 3 pp, 1709. July 20th. James Cockburn to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. "Marshall Dawn arrived at Ossois the 14 th Inst., from whence he detached the Count de la Rogue with 5000 Men to drive the Enemies from the Tarentaise, where they nave 8 Battalions, a Regiment of Dragoons and part of a regiment of horse. General Schulenberg who HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 55 eemands in the Valley D'Aoust is to advance on that Side to assist mabame to Horatio Walpolo. There is no doubt of the entire Victory gained by the Muscovite. " ^Ye begin to be a little upon the muddle in the commission." 56 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Mabqubss The two miiin Machines being at present absent. The Em[pero]rs l0W JJSg| :yi ' and Ele[cto]rs Ministers, however I shall keep them at play, tho bnt at _ a small game. 1709. Augt. 2t5th. General Palmes to Lord Townshend. From the Camp at Faverges. " Our Army reaches from Conflans to Annecy and wants for nothing, and in a few days we expect our field Artillery here. The Enemy are very strongly intrenchd at Montmeillan, and have severall posts between that place and Chamberry, they have also a considerable Number of Militia, and five Regiments of Dragons on the Rhone, being very apprehensive that the Mareschall should attempt to pass that River with a Body of Horse. L 4 Gen 11 Baron de S* Rhemy of H.E.H. 8 troops march'd the 24 th with 3,000 foot to the Chartreuse not farr from the left of the Enemys Camp to see what posture they are in on that Side. The Enemy are daily reinforced by the troops that came out of Spain, and the Roussillon so that we count them at present 100 battalions, and 45 Squadrons on this side of the Rhone. I am obliged to y r Ex- cellency for y r letter of the 30 th of July and could wish I could send y* such news from hence as would facilitate y r negotiations when they begin att the Hague, however I doe not thinke the Army on this side nor the Expences can be called uselesse since we employ the enclosed number of the Enemys troopes and hope we shall oblige more of em to march as these w cb otherwise must augment their f jrces against my Lord Marlborough who hitherto has been our Sheet Anchor and where our greatest hopes lye. His R.H. [the Duke of Savoy] has hitherto shown very great zeal for the success of the Campagne and great attention for the providing the army w th necessarys w ch I can assure y 1 ' Lord'p in this difficult country is both chargeable and painful, considering the superiority the Duke of Berwyck has in foot and the good measures he has hitherto taken I believe a strong diversion will be the utmost of our hopes on this side. I have etc." Enclosed is a list of the 97 Batallions and the 19 Squadrons under the orders of the Duke of Berwick. 1709. Augt. 3lst. James Cockburn to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. "As on one side Marshall Dawn endeavours to bring the French to an action, so on the other Gen 11 Rehbinder who was left in the lines of Exiles w th 12 Batt s was ordered to advance towards Briancon, he is allready passed Mount Genevre & attacked the Enemies at Pont la Vachetre, & beat them from thence with the loss of 120 or 130 men and if he had been strong enough might have taken possession of some posts near the Town " . . . . 1709. Sept. 7th. The same to the same. From Turin. Dated at Turin. "Gen 11 Rehbinder has been ordred to detach two of the Batt s under his comand to join Marshall Dawn and they are marched over Mount Cenis. The Duke of Savoy having appointed the 8 th Inst, to be observed as a Generall Day of Thanksgiving in all Piedmont for the happy delivery of this Town, His R. H. designs to hold a chapped of the Knights of the Order of the Anuntiade to hear Te Deum sung, and afterwards moke a Solemn Procession with the Princes and rest of the Nobility of both Sexes." HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION'. .",7 1709. Sept. lOtli. John Wieh to the same. The King of Sweden lives but whether he will do well the writer cannot tell. Same date. The same Lu Lord Townshend. The Accounts are that tin- King is well and perfectly recovered el his Wound, that His Majesty after an incredible March of several Days through the Deserts gol safe to the Banks of the Boristhenes with three or four hundred Horse; That finding the River vastly broad and the Transports few, he was obliged to Bend over to Oczakow for assistance. The Officer there not daring to do any tiling without Leave of the neighbouring Basha kept that unfortunate Prince on the other side four and twenty hours before any boats Coold be order'd him, which arriving at last, came just time enaugb to save Hi- Majesty and some few of his retinue, the rest being all taken prisoners by a Party of Muscovites who were -.eut in his pursuit. 170"). Sept. 11th. A letter from the Protestant Ministers at the Diet of Ratisbon to Queen Anne, on behalf of the Protestant Religion. In Latin. 4 pp. Enclosing a Declaration in French, signed by Charles Whitworth and dated at Ratisbonne 15 th March 1703, of the Queen's intention to use her utmost endeavours in support of the Protestant Religion. 1709. Sept. 17th. John Wieh to Horatio Walpole. . ..." I am full of Transport [at the victory of Malplaquet] and like the Bowie which I shall this Evening consecrate to their Healths, runne over with Joy and Satisfaction. Whilst you are drawing towards a Peace, Wee here are preparing for Blood and Slaughter. Danemarck resolved to make a huge Bustle " . . . . 1709. Sept. 28th. James Cockburn io the same. From Turin. "Our Army is now on their Retreat from Savoy the last of them was to he on this side Mount [S<] Bernard yesterday, so we shall soon have them all im the plain at Ivrea. We expect M* Palmes here every moment. Tomorrow we are to sing Te Deum here for the Reduction of Tournay 8c the great Victory the Duke of Marlborough & P. Eugene obtained [fit Malplaquet] in Flanders the 11 th Inst." .... 1709. Sept. 30th. John Laws to the same. From Brussels. Mis- dated " 30 ,h October 1709." At the opening of the Trenches before Mons on the 2o ,b Sept. 1709] Lieut. General Cadogan was wounded by a Shot in the Neck 1709. Oct. 1st. John Wieh to the same. "The Sweeds have got together 16000 men in Schonen and have already fitted out fourteen Men of War. Their Ministers begin to talk as if they would be glad to have a peace with the Czar and suffer King Augustus to be dethroned upon certain conditions." 1709. Oct. 3rd. John Laws to the same. From Brussels. "Lieut. General Cadogan is in a fair way id' Recovery, the Ball not having Lodged. His A. tie de Camp Foxcii i- dead, of a shott he receiv'd in the head at the same time." 1709. Oct. 8th. John Wieh to the same. [I] iutend to settle this winter here betwixt a Rummer of Rhenish, and a smart jole of Stergeon. 58 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Mabqubss Same date. Stephen Poyntz to Thomas Ward. Dated at the MSS. W Hague and addressed " For Mr. Ward at Ray nham Hall in Norfolk — — ' By^Swaffham Post." Franked " R. Walpole." " We hope to hear some good nows fro' Spain." 1709. Oct. 12th. James Cockburn to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. •• Marshall Dawn with most of the Generall Officers of our Army have been here some days. The Enemies having reinforced their posts about Briancon & on that frontier his R. H. has thought fitt to order 15 Batt s to be detached from our grand Army w ch is now encamped near to Ivrea to reinforce the body under Gen 11 Rehbinder & these Troops are allready marched towards Suze under the comand of Gen 11 S 4 Remy" 1709. Oct. 18th. John Wich to the same. Enclosing a Memorial in French from the Bishop of Lubec on the case of the Princess of Gottorp, and giving General Meyerfeld's account of the affairs of the King of Sweden. It concludes : " For God's sake where is Lord Raby ? " 1709. Oct. 12th, N.S. Daniel Pulteney, Envoy at Copenhagen, to the same. Enclosing an extract from his despatch of this date to M 1 ' Secretary Boyle informing him that the King of Denmark has fully resolved to attack Sweden. It concludes ..." New difficulties seem to arise every day ; I am almost tempted to believe all will come to nothing at least for this Year." 1709. Oct. 29th. The States Rough Draft of the Barrier Treaty. [In French 11| pp. Together with] A Separate Article of the same Treaty. \2\ pp.] 1709. Oct. 30th. General Francis Palmes to Lord Townshend. From Turin. Giving the movements and winter quarters of the Imperial Troops. 1709. Nov. 1st, N.S. Stephen Poyntz to Thomas Ward. From the Hague. No talk of a Peace till Spring. The D. of Marlborough will be here on Sunday. 1709. Nov. 1st. A Memorial about appointing a Person to examine the Interests of the Protestant Churches. Enclosed in Mr. Boyle's letter of the date. 4 pp. [No date.] Directions for Mr. Hales, a Special Commissioner to the Protestant Courts and States on behalf of the Oppressed Protestants. Unsigned, 4 pp. 1709. Nov. 15th, N.S. Stephen Poyntz to Thomas Ward. From the Hague. .... Mr. Hor[ace] Townshend is not yet come, but expected daily. 1709. Nov. 27th. King of France's Answer to Mons 1 ' Petkum's proposals. In French, l£ pp. 1709. Nov. 29th. John Wich to Lord Townshend. The writer is forwarding a copy of his despatch, of the same date, to the Secretary of State, in which he mentions that the marriage of the Czars son with the Princess of Wolffeubuttel is a good as concluded and that the Princess has set out for Dresden where the Czar's son is to HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 59 wail "ii her. " it is stipulated among the Articles thai his Czaarisb Majestyeisto purchase such Lands in Silesia, as maybe a competent jointure hereafter in Case the Prince should dye, which Borne people think is little less then admitting the Muscovite into Germany." Same date. Earl of Sunderland, Secretary of State, to .John l hi t- wynd, Envoy Extraordinary al Turin. This is a despatch enclosing Orders from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Mediterranean Fleet, which was never forwarded. The seal on its cover bears the arms of Lord Sunderland, bu1 his Signature is written by a Secretary. His Lordship informs M r Chetwynd thai by Her Majesty's Command he is sending him Orders from the Lord- Commissioners of Admiralty to the Mediterranean Fleet, to seize all Genoese ships unless the Genoese immediately cease exporting corn to France. Itgoeson : "The Dutch Envoy will receive the like from his Masters, and You in con- junction and concert with him are to acquaint the Republick of Genoa that Sou have ,-ueli Orders, which Sou are comanded by Your respective Masters to send forthwith to their Admirals and Commanders in the Mediterranean, to putt a Stop to this carrying of Corn into France, and no fair words without the real doing of it will be accepted by the Queen and States, and if they should upon this new Representation putt a Stop to it for a while, & then begin it again, you are not to fail to send the Orders to the Fleet " [P.S.] "Her Ma f y thinks that when You and the Dutch Envoy notify this to the Republick of Genoa, it will have the greater effect if it be done in the most formal manner, & therefore Her Ma 1 )' would have You go with the Dutch Envoy Yourselves to Genoa rather than do it only by Letter." The Admiralty Orders enclosed in the above despatch are signed 1>\ LordOrford [Edward Russell], [Sir] George Byng, George Doddington, Paul Methuen, and J[osiah] Burchett [Secretary to the Board] ; They are addressed : " To S r John Norris Kn*, Adm 11 of the Blew Squadron of Her Majesty's Fleete, and Adm 1 & Contender in chiefe of Her Ma** 3 Ships in the Mediterranean ; Or to the chiefe Flag Officer, or Commander in chiefe of her Ma f . vs Ships employed in the Mediterranean for the time being." The Orders after reciting that the Genoese have for some time furnished France with corn, notwithstanding the representations of the Queen's Envoy at Genoa [William Chetwynd] go on : — - You are therefore hereby required & directed, forthwith upon your receipt hereof, to give strict & effectual Orders to the respective Capt 8 of her Majesty's Ships which are or shall he under your Command, to seize all Shipps belonging to the Republick of * renoa, in pursuance of Her Majesty's pleasure as aforesayd. For which this shall be Toui Warrant : ( riven etc." 1 709, Dec. 13th. Copy of a letter from the Ministers of the Reformer I Religion assembled at Ratisbon, 23rd Nov. 1709. Enclosed in Mr, Boyle's letter of this date. In Latin, 3 pp. 1709, Dec. 14th. Copy of the Resolution of the States General upon the French King's answer to Petkum. In French, 9\ pp. [No date.] Etat du Rapport des Contributions, sauvegardes &c. de 16 de Mai 1703 jusque 15 de Mai 1709. [No date.] Etat General de la Depense des Provinces CTnies pour l'annee 1710. 60 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. [No date. J Enumeration of the troops of the United Provinces from the Peace of Ryswick to 1710. In French, 7tV pp. Note. In the latter year the total force is stated as 142,185. [No date.] A memorandum in French requesting Passports from Her Britannic Majesty for three vessels, lying at Amsterdam, which have been built for subjects of her Majesty, viz., the Amsterdam of 900 tons, Captain Samuel Adams ; the Devonshire of 700 tons, Capt. Richard Horswell ; and the Portsmouth of 700 tons, Capt. David Setter. 1709-1 7 JO. A bundle of " Papers relating to the King of Prussia's Pretensions at a Treaty of Peace." 1709-1710. Extracts from the Despatches of the Hon. Henry Boyle, Secretary of State, to the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Townshend, the British Plenipotentiaries at the Hague, from 5th April 1709 to 8th August 1710. In an official hand on folio sheets numbered I. to LIV. The sheets numbered II., and X. to XVI., are missing. 1709-1710. A bundle of rough drafts and fair copies of despatches from the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Townshend to Mr. Secretary Boyle, from 23rd July 1709 to 25th April 1710. 1709-1710. A memorandum of the official corresponence, between the Foreign Office and the British Plenipotentiaries, from 21st March 170,} to 8th August 1710. 4 sheets. 1709-1710. Mr. Secretary Boyle's despatches to Lord Townshend, from 13th May 1709 to 30th August 1709; and from 4th April 1710 to 19th September 1710. 1709-1 7 1 0. A. bundle of letters and despatches from Daniel Pulteney, Envoy at Copenhagen, to Lord Townshend and Horatio Walpole, from 19th November 1709 to 16th September 1710. 1710, Jan. 7th, N.S. Stephen Poyntz to Thomas Ward From the Hague. li There is no likelyhood of a Peace this winter, how- ever the Gardiner may sow what he thinks fitt, since it will be better to have the garden stocked tho' my L a should not come, than to run the hazard of finding it empty. The family continues well God be praised." 1710, Jan. 29th, N.S. John Chetwynd to Lord Townshend. From Turin. "I observe with pleasure the good dispositions of the States- Gen 11 to have every thing ready to open the Campain early. I wish I could Bend your Kx' v the like good news from hence, instead of telling you that his R. II. hath his differences with the Imp 11 Court so much at heart, that he openly prefers their adjustement to any other view. M r Palmes is gon from hence very well instructed with hia R. H. s reasons and he is so sensible of the necessity of satisfying this Prince, that I am perswaded he will leave no stone unturned to compass so great a worck. On the other hand, the resolution of the States Gen 11 after the Conference w th v r Ex cv , C l Zinzendorf, &c, joined to the orders w ch the Queen will probably give on the same head, will, I hope, have a good effect at Vienna, as that we shall see them disposed to make an end of this difference." 1710, Feb. 7th. John Wich to the same. From Hamburgh. ... "a title once in a family is hereditarye to the Children, therefore the son of S r Peter Wich is call'd Chevalier. HISTORICAL MANUSCBIPTS COMMISSION. GI .... I am afraid the Elector of Haimover will hardly be persuaded to make the next campagne. I hear M\ Lord Staires could gelt no positive Answer from his Highness" ;ith 1710, Feb. J ()t(i . Extracl From a letter of Charles Whitwortb to Secre- tary Boyle. From Moscow, In French, 1 .'.- pp. 1710, Feb. 10th. General Palmes to Lord Townshend. i Vienna. ....'• I fear 'tis doI the intention of this Court to execute tin- treaty without being very much pushed to it by the Queen and the States" .... Same date, X.s. James Cockburn to the same. From Turin. " all the letters from France assure that we have accepted the last oilers & thai two Deputies are gon from the Hague to meet the Mar[sh]all D'Uxelles & the Abbe de Polignac at Moredike, but we do defer our belief of this news till we have it confirmed from the Ha'. Hare is married. I wish the good examples of this kind w ch our College have Betl might in- fluence him to do the same. M 1 ' Horace Walpole is expected here soon. by whose coming I shall be eased from that, weight of business W I have had upon me for some time, and shall oftener find myself at liberty to write both to him and you. The whole family enjoy their health rather belter here than in England." Same date. John Wicb to Lord Townshend. The writer encloses a Memorial (in French) from the Minister of Ilolstein in Hamburgh, and an "Extract of the Right Honourable M \ i: , T'.WNMII \|. MSS 62 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Uakotess M r Secretary Boyl's Letter. Whitehall Feb? 17£§" directing him to rowsmnro follow instructions received from Lord Townshend without waiting to — receive particular directions from Whitehall. 1710, March 3rd. Copy of Instructions to M r Envoy Palmquist. Dated at Stockholm, 6^ pp. 1710, March 7th. John Wich to Lord Townshend. Enclosing a memorial from Baron Goertz and a copy of a letter to M r Secretary Boyle. 1710, March 14th. The same to Horatio Walpole. ..." I'le answer Y rs , Dear Sir, next Post, in the mean time I recom- mend you to Madamoselle Czarenburg's whale bone Petticot. The Danes are beaten. Make Peace and Peace hereafter. Our Northern Bullys begin to cock their Crests. The King of Sweden has at last wrote himself to the Government of Stat Pomern and Stockholm. When he heard the Danes had invaded him, He laught and said, My Subjects know how to defend themselves. The Cloud is gathering." 1710, March 27th. John Laws to the same. From Brussels. " I beg leave to congratulate your coming on this side, and to renew my correspondence The Marechal de Villars is daily expected at the French Camp near Cambray. Some Letters say he is arriv'd there. The Maison du Roy is in march towards I he frontier having receiv'd orders to leave Paris without being pass'd in review by the King upon the news [of] the precipitate Success of the Allies." 1710, March 29th. The Earl of Stair to Lord Townshend. Dated at " Warshaw " and unaddressed. My Lord, — I have little to trouble y r Excellency w th at this time, havino- upon the 27 given a full account to my Lord Duke of Marl- borough of the situation of things in this country. The King obliges himself not to invade Pomerania nor to march his troops through the Empire, upon condition that the Swedes doe not march out of Pomerania, nor reinforce their corps that is there, w ch his Majesty conceives can be done w tt no other view than that of invading the Empire or returning into Poland. I dont at all question but there will be care taken that the Sweedes in Pomerania dont move, for if they should it will be impossible to prevent all Germany's being in a flame, and I conceive it to be of very great importance that exact measures be taken that the corps in Pomeraina be not reinforced, for when the Campagne is once begun and the Muscovites employ'd in the siege of Ro» n , if the King of Sweeden returns and puts himself at the head of his°troops in Pomerania w eh it will not be a hard matter to reinforce w th 8000 or 10000 foot if the war in Schonen is at an end, I say I doe not see w* hinders him to march into the heart of the P^mpire he under- stands the secret of getting money there, and when he has that men wont be wanting. I believe w* he did formerly will not be a very sufficient pledge of his moderation at this time & in no other place but Pomerania he can pretend to have an army capable to act, in Pomerania there is actually remaining a body of five thousand horse. The Danish Minister here makes strong instances for the march of the Succours or the invasion of Pomerania, the king seems to think the case is not yet arrived in w ch he is obliged to furnish the Succours the Danes not being attackt but he promises to invade Pomerania the minute the Sweedes moves towards Holsteyn. Orders are given to HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION". (j3 make magazines upon the frontier, an express from [tin-] Empress Mabqi is sent to the Czaral Petersbourg. My Lord 1 musi beg y 1 Excellency will be pleased to speak a word — to Mons r de Starembourg who is president of the committee de Raaden, the Pensionary musi be spoke too because it musi pass in the States of the Province, to obtain a prolongation of Leave for Capt. Kennedy who is along w" 1 mee, he is Capt. in Brigadier Douglae his Regiment. I have wrote to Mon>' de Wissenbourg w h I take the liberty to send under y 1 LoP 8 cover. 1 am w' 1 ' very great respect and BBteam my Lord, y 1 ' Excellency's mosl obedient humble Servant Stair. 1710, April 1st, N.S. Stephen Poyntz to Thomas Ward. From the Hague. " The French Ministers continue still at Gertruydenberg, and the last Courier they sent to Versailles is now returned, but what he has brought is not yet made publick. Their design seems to be to amuse and disunite the Allys, and to retard the preparations for the Campain, and they have made no new proposals except some relating to a Partition w ch are not likely to he accepted ; so that I believe we must give them another blow before they will hear reason. Prince Eugene is expected here the 3 rd & the D. of Marlborough setts out for Flanders the 12 th . The Magazins are all ready and the Army very well cloathed & re- cruited, while that of the Enemy is in extreme Want, insomuch that in sev 1 places their Leathern Shoes were taken from them in the winter and locked up till the opening of the Camp", & wooden Shoes given them in the mean time ; and every post we hear of their plundering Bakers' shops &c a . I hope there have been no disturbances in Norfolk on ace 1 of D 1 Sachev[erc]rs Tryal [P.S.] The 2 little Masters are arrived in good health." 1710, April 4th. William Penn to Lord Townshend. Dated "4. 2 m,h (Ap.) 1710" and unaddressed. Endorsed "April y e 4.— Rec tl Aprill 22 N.S. 1710." " My Noble Friend, There being Fifty or Sixty Swissers, called Menonists comein^ for Holland in order to goe for Pennsylvania, It is feard the States of Hollaud will stop them being well to pas6 for as much as one Mitchell, their Agent has contracted w th m[e] for them, for lands &c: I humbly Leu- thai If the States should stop them, It would please thee, as for the Queen's Interest & Service. It may be taken off or prevented. & thou wilt much oblige Thy very re- spectf u Friend Wm. Penn. Menonists or Menwt[s] are Annabaptiste here." 1710, April — . Etats de Fourages necessaires pour pouvoir former une Arinee aux environs de Tournay et de Lille Vers le 15"" on 20'» d'Avril 1710. 4 pp. 1710, April 16th. John Chetwynd to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. Details the movements of some of the French and Imperial Troop-, and states that H.M.'s Ships Dartmouth, Gosport and Ludlow Castle 64 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Uakquess arrived at Genoa the previous week having left Sir John Norris with rt "2II? HI) his Squadron at Port Mahon. 1710, April 23rd. John Cockburn to the same. From Turin. . . . . " By our last letters from Genoa we are informed that a Genoese ship was arrived [here from Cadix having on board 500 m p[iece]s of eight of the money lately come by the Flotille, w ch the Genoese Captain assures [us] to be richer than any arrived for some time. .... The Earle of Roehford went from this on Munday last for Genoa to wait M r Stanhope's arrivall there ''.... 17 10, -April 25th, N.S. Stephen Poyntz to Thomas Ward. From the Hague, "I suppose you will have rec d before this can reach you the joyful news of the Duke of Marlborough's and Prince Eugene's having passed the French Lines in two differeut places without opposition, upon which fortunate opening of this early Campain I congratulate you the more heartily because if the future successes are but answerable to this beginning I shall hope to see you next Spring in Norfolk. It is thought the Army will immediately lay siege to Douay, and though I know we are often too hasty in computing the time that a Town can hold out, yet it is confidently reported here that it cannot defend it self above 10 days or a fortnight, that I could not but let you know it. His Ex c y is extremely glad to hear that there have been no rebellious riots within his Lieutenancy upon the account of the late Tryal ; which good disposition I hope will extend it self so far as to keep all parts of Norfolk from attempting to imitate the Gloucestershire address, and to disturb the peace of Her Ma'- V9 happy reign by unseasonable professions of duty and Loyalty. Which humour is so like that of the times of the late Rebellion that every good subject ought to check it for fear of the consequences 1710, May 3rd. John Chetwynd to Lord Townshend. From Turin. Enclosing a Despatch for Lord Sunderland under a flying seal. 5 th 1710, May y^- Gopy of a letter from M 1 ' Rosenerantz to M 1 ' Secretary Boyle about renewing the Treaty of Alliance with Denmark In French. 2 pp. 1710, May Oth. Lord Drummond tu Horatio Walpole. From Amsterdam. Is sending 51 flasks of Claret to Lord Townshend. There is a rumour that the Duke has arrived with a Peace signed in his pocket. 1710, May 10th. Monsieur de Quesne to the same. In French. Dated at Geneva. The envoy Stanian has received no orders, and there does not seem to be any one charged with the commission entrusted to the Marquis d'Arzeliers .... We hear that the French are in consternation through fear lest they fail to secure a peace. The flight of the Duke d'Ossuna and the imprisonment of the Duke de Medina Celi make one believe that there is some disorder at the Court of Madrid. God grant that profit may be made of circumstances favourable to the [Protestant]. Religion. 1710, May ~. Charles Whitworth to the Duke of Marlborough. From Stolpe in Pomerania. Copy. StatiuGr the views of the Czar as to his joining the Grand Alliauce. M88. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION", h'o Same date. The same to Lord Townshend. Prom Stolpe. Rnclosine kaboj I lie last. BHBMD .... "' I have bad hitherto the most fatiguing Voyage imaginable which has not a little impaired m\ health, however [ shall mak< what diligence I can to the Eaguc" .... 1710, May j^. The same tq the same. From Berlin, Enclosing two letters from the Swedish Secretary Mons' Caderhielra who was taken prisoner with Counl Piper. . . . " I suppose the formal siege of Riga will now be begun eery suddenly, according to the reso- lution taken before the Czar and his Courl left Mosco[w] but [don't hear that any of the Saxon Troops will be employed in thai expedition; on which occasion I am obliged in acquaint you thai the Czar has no manner of Confidence in King Augustus, & will not give bis Majesty or the Polish Troops any footing in Riga during this war" .... 171<>. Ma\ l.nli. John Laws to Horatio Walpole. From Brussels. ....'• Letters from Madrid of the 28 th confirm the close Einprison- nieii! of 1 lie Duke of Medina Celi hut we have yet here no certain advices of the reason of it. .... 1 see you have sent hack the French Ministers, unless this lasl Courrier brings something new to stopp them. I suppose you lieai- the Duke of Burgundy [is] grown very clamorous ai their coming back, and at the successes of the Allies.'" 1710, May 16th. Monsieur Clignet to Lord - Townshend. In French. From Lcvdon. [f the slightest change is made in the preliminaries the French ought to he made to surrender Upper Alsace and Strasbourg together with the fortresses in their pr< sent state .... and they should give security tor their debts and plunder and the money they took by force from the good families of Strasbourg. 1710, May 19th. Anthony Corbiere to Horatio Walpole. In French. From London. The writer thought that the affairs of Cap 1 Caries would have been finished before he wi\ te but will not delay sending his grateful compli- ment. 1710. May li 1 st. .John (Jhetwynd to the same. From Turin. •• Marshall Dawn arrived here last Saturday from Vienna & went to wail on his R. II. [the Duke of Savoy] to ... . concert the necessary dispositions for assembling our Army . . . & its hoped before the end of next month, thai they will be all encamped at the foot of the mountains .... M r Stanhope sailed the 16 th ins' from Final! with three of the Queens ships of war for Barcelona .... tho' M 1 ' Stanhope designed when I left him to stay at Genoa till such time as the 3000 Germans, with the rest of the recruits designed for Catalonia, had been ready to embark \v ch will be about the beginning of next month, he hath however carried along with him till the recruits w' 1 ' were ready at Finall, and a considerable Sum of money." . . . " His R. H. received a courier the other day from the Hague with letters of the 10 th ins' by which we find that you have sent the Flench Ministers about their business." Same date. "Copy of M' PultneCs Memorial to the Danish Ministers" in relation to the instructions given by that Court to Its Privateers, In French. I. 1 , pp. D 24963. E f,6 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION*. 1710, May 26th. " Extract of M 1 ' Secretary Boyle's letter of the 26 Ul May 1710, O.S.," to Lord Townshend. "I send your Excellency by Her Majesty's order a great bundle of papers concerning two Spanish ships that had Her Majesty's passes to go from Passage in Biscay to Buenos Ayres in America, and return from thence to any Tori in Spain. The said Ships sailed from Cadiz the 2o tU of March last under protection of the said passes and were the next day mett by three Dutch ships of wait, which carried them as prize into Lisbon, and when they are brought to Holland the captors will en- deavour to have them condemned. Your Ex c t has all the materials in the enclosed papers to support those passes which you can be furnished with from hence ; and you will be pleased to inform the pensionary with what is most effectual in them to exempt this capture from being adjudged lawful prize. But before you make any representation to the States in this matter in Her Ma ties name Her Ma^ would be willing to learn what his thoughts are of those passes, and what success she is like to meet with in maintaining the validity of them." — , 1710. A bundle of papers relating to the above-mentioned Spanish ships. 1710, May 28th. John Chetwynd to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. "Thursday last we received advice by an express from Genoa of Sir John Norris being arrived at Vado with the fleet under his command" . . . * 1710, June 3rd. Copy of a Memorandum signed by Lord ToAvnshend at the Hague. " Monsieur le Baron de Schmettau Plenipotentiaire de Sa Ma te le Roy do Prusse ayant declare au nom de sadite Ma te au sujet du renouvelle- ment de la convention regardant le corps de troupes de Sa dite Ma te faisant en Italie qu'en attendant que Sa Ma* 6 Imperials, Sa Ma le la I Nine de la Grande Bretagne, et leurs Hautes Puissances Mess ] les Etats G[e]n[cr]aux des Provinces Unis puissent adjouster et con- venir des conditions dudit renouvellement, ledit Roy son maitre est content que ledit corps en Italie continue de rendre les meines services qu'il a rendus les campagnes precedentes sur le pied de la derniere convention du 31 e de Mars 1709 pourvu que le dit corps tant de la part de S. M. I le et de S. M. B 1 ' que de L s . H s . P s soit traite sur le pied de la dite convention aussi bien a regard du payement exact des sub- sides que du fournisseinent des autres douceurs y stipulees ; " Sa Majeste la Reine de la Grande Bretagne ayant appris avec plaisir la resolution prise par S. Majeste Prussienne pour qu'en attendant que Ton s'explique sur le projet presente au nom de Sa dite Majeste son dit corps de troupes continue sur le pied des annees precedentes, et concoure a, agir pour le bien de la causa commune, a autorise le sousigne Am- bassadeur Extraordinarie et Plenipotentiaire de Sa Majeste de declarer au nom de Sa Majeste Britannique qu'en attendant qu'on se puisse ex- pliquer sur le projet susdit elle veui bien continuer la derniere con- tention regardant ce corps dc troupes Prussiennes et Italie faite le 31 e de Mars 1709, tant a l'egard du payement de sa part des sub- sidies que des autres points y contenus. " Signe Townshend." Sane date. D r Henry Newton to Lord Townshend. Dated Homo May 31 st and Florence June 3 rd . ' k . . . They arc here much dissatisfied with the carriage of the Court of France, their Courtier having returned from thence without any HISTORICAL MAN ('.SCRIPTS COMMISSION. 67 satisfactory answer for the restoring the Dutch marchanl man which Maxquxm was lateh taken by Mons r L'aigle a French privateer under the guns ' l " v \ ] . of one of the <;. Duke's [the Grand Duke of Tuscany] forts at Leghorn and afterwards carryed by him to Toulon .... the ship being to the value of about 150,000 peices of eight " 1710, June 4th. .lolm Chetwynd to Horatio Walpol . Prom Turin. "Upon S r John Noma arrival al Vado I Bent an express to Marshall Dawn to hasten the march of the two [raperiall regiments designed for Catalonia with the remainder of the recruits for the German and Italian troops iu Spain •■Tic Garle ofRochford'e Regiment of Dragoons which arc (o em- barck at the same time, are on their march to the sea side and being t<> pas- thro part of the Duke of Savoy's country, 1 Bollicited his II: II : for a march route with orders \< r the necessary forrage, carriages &c. which his \{ : 1 1 : was pleased not only to grant me but also [to] scud orders to all the places through which they are to pass belonging to his State to furnish them with forrage, oats and carriages gratis . . . ." 1710, dune 7th. Daniel Pulteney to Lord Townshend. From t lopenhagen. Enclosing a copy of a despatch to M r Secretary Boyle and pointing out the difference between the writer's instructions and those of the Dutch envoy. 1710, June 11th. James Coekburn to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. "... By an express which we received yesterday from Vado we have advice that they had begun to embark the troops designed for Spain, and that it was hoped all would be on board and the fleet ready to Baiil by the 1 l ,h [ns< . . . ." 1710, June 14th. James I'elham to the same. Dated "At the Camp before Douay." Begging M r Walpole to secure Lord Townshend's influence in pro- curing the writer the vacant troop in Lieut. Gen 1 Lossc's Regiment. 1710, June loth. The same to the same. Dated : "before Douay." Recapitulating what the writer wrote the day before in case the former letter should be lost. 1710, June 16th. James Taylor to the same. Dated at Whitehall. "I am desired to put the enclosed letter under your cover for the Lord Lonsdale and am very sorry to tell you by this post that on Wednesday last the Earl of Sunderland delivered up hi- Seals and the Lord Dartmouth succeeds him which was a surprise upon every body. This had liked to have hail such a blow upon credit that yesterdaj BOme of I he Dons of I he City and Bank were to wait on her Majesty. I do not yet hud if we arc to have a new Parliament or not : that doubt once cleared for the negative people's minds -will lie pretty well satisfyd. 1 must tell yen that the discourses of the changes ha- so tilled our ears that we talk no mere of peace or the taking of Doway or any thing else relating to the warr. Your brother my very good Master i< vers well recovered from his late sudden illness call'd Collero Morbus which put all about him under dreadful! apprehensions for 4 hours. I hope effectual methods will be taken to prevent the like for the future. I thank Cod he is brave and well, and may he long continue so i-^ my daily i rayer. 1 am ever etc." Sana' date. Sir William Hodges to the same. Dated in London. About two Spanish ships which had been taken by the Dutch. r. 2 68 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS commission. Same date. James Craggs to the same. Dated at the Camp at Portella. The writer, who says it is his first opportunity of -writing since he arrived in Spain, begs M' Walpole, it' lie has not received some, money for him, to be so kind a- to forward enclosed bills to Cardonnel the first time he writes to him. 1710, Jnne 17th. A project for the passage of English letters through Denmark to Sweden. Undated but enclosed in M r Pulteney's letter to Lord Townshend of this date. In French. 1^ pp. 1710, Jnne 18th. John Chetwynd to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. " By our last letters from Genoa we have advice that Sir John Norris sailed the 12 lh ins* from Vado, with the two German regiments and other recruits . . . " Last Sunday Mar[sh]all Dawn arrived here from Milan. All the German troops which are to compose our army here are arrived at their respective quarters, but the march of the Prussian troops has been countermanded upon some new difficulties the Imperiall Comissariat has raised, about the payment of what is due to these troops. " I have said all I can think of to perswade his R. H. [the Duke of Savoy] to take the field and convince him of the unreasonableness in making his best friends suffer as he doth for his ill humour ag* the Imp 11 Court, but all lean say is not of weight enough to make him change " 1710, June 22nd, N.S. James Craggs to the same. Dated at the Camp at Portella. The writer acknowledges the receipt of M r Waipole's letter of May (i' 1 ' and thanks him for recovering his desperate debts. " Our Master [the Duke of Marlborough] is very well. I hope if we send you no great news this Campaign we may at least assure you, you will not hear of any great misfortune befallen us." .... The following postscript is dated "Barcelona the 26 th June 1710." " Dear Horace, Since I writ this letter it has been judged necessary tor me to come here to concert the operations of the Fleet with Admiral Norris. 1 have met yours of the 23 1(1 of May and returne you my hearty thanks for the measures you have taken about ray money. I have nothing to add but that since I have learn't we are come to our old Camp at Balaguer 1 will tell you in private that we shall doe nothing this Campaign anil that our fine hopes are entirely vanished, 'tis what 1 desire you to acquaint my Lord Townshend with and believe me en- tirely y rs . "J. C." Same date. John Laws to the same. From Ghent. u All letters from the Camp agree that Douay is agonizing Tia probable the return of the Dutch Deputies from Tournay will bring M r Cadogan hither with them " 1710, June 26th. Lieutenant General Charles Posse to Lord Towns- hend. Dated at the Camp near Douay. Explaining that the vacant troop that M r Pelham had desired to obtain had been given by the Duke of Marlborough to the writer's nephew M r Rosse. 1710, Jnne 27th. Copy of M Pultney's letter to M r Schlestadt, with reference to forwarding of English letters to Sweden. Enclosed in the writer's letter of the same date to M r Walpole. Tn French. 2\ pp. L 7 10, June 28th. M r Pultney's Reflections upon the Danish Declara- tion about allowing the passage of English letters to and from Stock- holm. Enclosed in M r Pulteney's letter of the same date to Secretary Poyle. 2| pp. HISTOBICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. "!• 1710, ,1 Line 30. Sir William Hodges to Horatio Walpole. The writer is grateful to Lord Townsheml for so heartily espousing '" u ^ss" s " tlir unfbrtuoate cast of the two Spanish ships and their cargoes and humbly prays the continuance of hie favours and protection. 1710, July 1st. James Pelham to the iaxne. Dated "before Douay." The writer after having explained thai he would not have troubled Lord Townshend in the matter of the troop without M r Oardonell's direction, writes : " Vou know we are in possession of the town and fort, 1 don't hear what i> to be done text, 'tis thought our regimen! will be Bent to garrison being very much shattcrd at the siege. I intend to stay in the field as a volunteer the remaining part of the campaigne L beg the favour of you when vmi write to Spain to forward the inclosed to nn < 'o/.. Mountagu." 1710, July oth. John Chetwynd to Lord Townshend. From Turin. •*. . . . his R. H. [Prince Eugene] having been ill for these ten dayes, I have not had the honour to see him .... so that the Dutch Envoy or I have not been able to renew our sollieitations for his takeing the field, on which head [ have so oftnen alledged all the reasons I could think ot, to so little purpose that 1 quite dispair of meeting with the least Success till the Court of Vienna shew more inclination to do him justice his B. II.'.- distemper which was thought a malignant feavour hath prooved the meazles, which have been of so ill a sort, that he will not be able to stir out of his chamber these 8 or ten dayes yet . . . ." 1710, July 8th. Copy of a letter in French from Messrs. Buys and Vander Dussen to Marshal D'Uxelles and the Abbe Polignae. Dated at the Hague, and minuted " Received in Lord Townshend's letter to M' Boyle of the 8 th duly 1710 X.S." | p. 1710, July 9th. Copy of a letter in French from .Marshal DTm'Ii a and the Abbe Polignae to .Messieurs Buys and Vander Dussen, in reply to the last. Dated at ( .ei trudenberg, and minuted ''Received in Lord Townshend's letter to Mr. Boyle of the 11th July 1710 N.S." \\ pp. 1710, July 12th. John Chetwynd to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. " All our Royall familly expect [except] his \l. II. are well again ; he is much better, but so weak that his phisitians do not think it adviseable for him to see company or meddle with any business, so out- visits have been very short, without any conversation for above this fortnight. "Mar[sh]all Dawn left this place yesterday to put himself at the head ot our army and I propose to follow him in a day or two . . . ." 1710. dul\ 18. Christian Cole to the same. From Venice. •• This letter will be given you by my Lady Richelieu, Dutches of Aguillon. I begg, and conjure you to give her all the assistance she may desire of you. 1 have a very great and just esteem for this lady, and doe assure you she does not deserve the anger of the nation. 1 begg you would recommend her affaires to my Lord Townshend, and 1 shall ever be, etc." I7K\ duly 20th. John Chetwj nd to the same. From the ,% < 'amp at la maison de meane — in sight of Arches." Received August 7"'. Describing the operations of the allied forces. Marshall Dawn ''declares that he will give them no quarter, however I do not believe we shall be so cruel!, or that they will yield their posl till our cannon obliges them, though it seems something strange thai so small a body should stop our army." 70 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, 1710, July 25. The same to the same. From Arches in Spain. Received August 13 th . I ►escribing the capture of Arches, etc. ••... . If we should not succeed I do not know which way we may steer our course, neither shall I dare to hope for any great advantage dureing the rest of our Campain, seeing the enemies will be in a better condition everyday then other to oppose us, now that they sec our whole force in these valleys. A good peace would be agreable news here, that we might bid adieu to the terrible mountains which we arc forced to climb every day like so many goats . . . ." 1710, July 25th, N.S. Stephen Poyntz to Thomas Ward. From the Hague. " . . . . I have no news to send you but that the peace is at a stand at present. The late change and the divisions in England having encouraged the French to talk very high, which has made the Allies resolve not to send their Deputies anymore till they come to more reasonable terms. We have some hopes given us that the Parliament will not be dissolv'd which perhaps may humble them again." 1710, July 30th. Lord Stair to Lo Townshend. Dated at the " Camp at Vilers Brulin," and addre to " My Lord Ambassadour Townshend." 7\ pp. The writer details his views as to the affairs of Poland and the North and begs to be informed of what is doing at the Hague. He mentions his secretary M r Mackenzie and General Count Fleming prime minister of the King of Poland, " the takeing of Wybourg and the falling of Ptiga into the Czar's hands which in all probability has hap- pen'd already, or must happen very soon, will diminish the aprehensions the K. of Poland has of the K. of. Sweeden's return, but at the same time will be a reason to the allysto give the Princes concerned in the northern war against Sweeden no ground of offence, which may serve them for a pretext for entering into measures to our disadvantage, to recall their troops or to ask greater conditions. If the war should continue I believe ii would be no hard matter to prevail with the Czar to lett the Allys have ten thousand foot for their bread and their forrage " [I'.S. Dated August 4th.] " My Lord, I give you a thousand thanks for your obtaining another forloff for Captain Kennedy. "Everything in the Army goes as wee could wish, so that I think there is a raorall certainty of procuring very soon a solid and a lasting peace, ii' we continue the way wee arc in ; which 1 hope is sufficient to prevent any changes which may discourage our friends and incourage our ennemys. Your Lordship will see by the dale that what is above was writt before the French made their last movement: which is certainly a disadvan- tage to us. I\Iy opinion is that the strength of the argument taken from the ill prospect of our affairs lyes for venturing whilst avcc have so good an Army rather than againsl it. I wish we mayn't have occasion to repent our letting the French nestle where they are now intrenched. "Since that time wee have likewise the certain account of Rega's being taken, that will make the Princes of the North more ticklish, and will make it more necessary to give them no offence especially the Czar with whom I think it absolutely necessary wee should have a Minister. 1 wonder the State! doe not suit Monsieur de ( 'rauenburgh. i am etc." No date. A resume* of the Conferences at Gertrudenberg (being extracts from the British Ambassadors' letter to M r . Secretary Boyle) from 12 ,l! March 1710 to 2G lb July 1710. 30 pp. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION; 71 [1710, Augt..] A few concluding lines of a letter from General m>, James Stanhope relating to the battle of Almenara. The postscript is T "'\': as follows: — ' — ' "List of English Officers killed and wounded at Almanira the 27tb July 17K) N.s. ••Killed Lord Rochford [and] Count Nassau, Brigadiers U Col. Trevor, Capt n La Porte, Cornel Carson, Cornet Webb. •■ Wounded L' < 'ol. Bland, L' ( !ol. Montgomery (Aide de ( amp i<» ( ! Stanhope) Capl Ravanel, Wills, Moor, Naison, L 1 Neville, Paterson, Jobbei', Nieron, Wood, Cornets Wildgoose, 1)« Casse, Quarter Master Smith." 1710, Augt. 3rd. John Chetwynd to Horatio Walpole. Prom Poglioso. " Received August 20 th ." Describing the further operations of the Allies in Italy, etc It con- cludes : — '•Sir Jehu Norris being gen with a small body of troops- to make a descenl upon the coast of Languedoc to favour and succour the Cevennois 1 hope we shall soon receive some good news from him and that this expedition will cause a considerable diversion in our favour." Same date. James Cockburn to the same From Foglioso. Enclosing, by the Envoy's [M r Chetwyhd's] orders, an extract from a letter in French cautioning the latter against a certain Monsieur Diipuis, a Burgundian, who has long intrigued at the Hague in the interests of France. 1710, Augt. 10th. John Chetwynd to the same. From Turin. ". . . . Our friend M r Stanhope hath had a considerable advantage over a body of the Enemies horse near to Lerida, of which I have as yet received no other particulars then thai of our haveing got the better, with the loss of Count Nassau and Lord lioehford who were cut in pieces. " I am to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 22 and 25 th in>' by which I find thai your negotiations for peace are very near being interrupted, if not allready broke oft'.'' [1710], Aug. 10 th . Copie d'une lettre de Monsieur le Marq[ui]s de Torcy ce 10 mc d'Aoust." Unaddressed. •• J'ai receu Monsieur les lettres que vons avcz pris la peine de m'ecrire le 24 et le 3*1 Juillet. Lorsque les Conferences ont commence les affaires d'Angleterre se brouilloienf deja, et cellcs du Nord n'etoient pas moins agitees qu'elles le sont nujourdhuy puis que les Danois avoienl une arinee dans la province de Schone. Ces considerations n'ont pa i empeche le Roy d'envoyer Mesaieur les Flenip[otentiaire]s a Gertruy- d enberjg et de faire par eux des ofires plus amples que sa Majjeslte ne les avoit jamais faites. 11 ne Eaut pas done dire que L'esperance des nouveaux evenements que res divisions pouvent produire ayant oblige l.i Prance a s'eloigner la paix. La reponse don! vous avez ete le peril •ur et que Messieurs les Deputes on< confirmee dans la derniere ( (inference n'a fail voir que trop clairem[en]t a qui la rupture en devoit etre attribute. Vous saves de quelle raanierej'ay toujours pense sur la droiture et sur les bonnes intentions de Monsieur le Pensionaire, maisen verite je me trouv-e Lien pen! presentem[en]1 dan.- men opinion; et comme je n'en ay pas encore change, je com pr ens plus que personne, comhien il doit etre sensible a la rupture de la Negotiation. " On donne plusieurs autres causes au chagrin de M. le Duc.de Marl- borough el a son inquietude, mais il n'esl guere vraysemblablc que les Anglois osent el qu'ils pnissent se passer de luy taut que la guerre durera. 72 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MAKtitTBsa •• Quant a Mi Lord Townshend si Ton croit Irs avis de I'Angleterre il '°"mss. E?,T> sera incessament rappelle, et je croy que la perte du poste qu'il ocoupoit luy sera sensible principalement s'il retourne en Angleterre dans un temps on Le parti deThorris[ Tories] aura la superiorite. Monsieur leComte ile Sinz[endorf] n'aura pas ete fache de retourner a Vienne a I'exercise de su charge, et L'Hollande a s'epuiser encore pour sputenir la querelle de rKmp[ereu]r et qu'il s'est conduit en Ministre habile, et que ce n'est pas peu que d'avoir oblige deux Nations eclairees a demander opiniatre- nient une condition qui rendit la paix impossible. Quoy qu'il ne soit plus question de negotiation, vous me ferez plaizir de continuer la correspondence avec moy et de croire que je suis ties veritablem[en]t Monsieur entierement a vous." 1710, Augt. 17th. James Craggs to Horatio Walpole. From Genoa. Enclosing an account of the battle of Almenara and a list of British cavalry officers killed and wounded in that engagement. 1st enclosure [S\ pp.]- An account of the battle dated " From the Camp at Almenara the 31 th of July 1710." It concludes as follows : — " Our great loss and such a one as is regretted by the whole army is the want of Lord Rochfort and Count Nassau who both dyed upon thespott, the killed & wounded on our side are not above 400 men the half of which are English the account we have of the loss of the enemy is 300 men prisoners, and killed and wounded they have about 1500. M r Stanhope [General James Stanhope who was in command of the British Cavalry] received a contusion by a dead ball and Gen 1 Car- penter has a slight cutt. Tho' the night preventing us from reaping a greater advantage from this overthrow it is no small benelitt wee have gott that wee are undeceived in the opinion of their horse, which hitherto has kept us in great awe, but since 16 squadrons have been sufficient to beat 42, wee may reasonably hope to deal with them at any time The sixteen squadrons that did engage were six English viz' 2 of Harvey's 2 of Nassaw's 2 Rochfort, 4 Dutch and 6 Pala- tines and the Generals with M r Stanhope were Lieutenant General Carpenter, Major General Trancherberg of the Palatines, and Major General Pepper." 2nd enclosure. " A list of officers and men killed or wounded in the Brittish Brigade of Hot* July 17 th O : S : 1710." 1710, Augt. 19th. The same to the same. From Turin. ". . . . I cannot tell you the Mar[sh]alPs reasons for marching thro' the plains of Piedmont .... I cannot help looking upon our Campain as ended, I heartily wish 1 may be mistaken . . . ." 1710, Augt. 29th. Sir William Hodges " To Horasio Walpole Esq rp — .Secretary to the Embassy of Her Majesty of Great Britain &c. — at the Hague." " Sir — I have not very lately troubled you with any of my lines, nor should not have done it now, but to thank you again for the continuance of your favour and good offices, which the Spaniards there and all the con- cerned in the two unfortunate B[uenos] A[yres] ships are very sencible of. Also of my Lord Ambassadors endeavours for some good success in that unfortunate affaire. My honoured friend your brother was pleased some dayes since to promise me to mention me in his letter to you. One of the two Spaniards which remained here is gone over with ,\i r Secretary Boyle's pass, and will waite on you with the others already there. Pray favour me to give my humble duty to his Ex^ and believe me to be etc." Note. — From later papers it appears thai the States General carried Resolutions on the 15 th , and 21 st , of November, 1710, directing lite HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 73 College of the Admiralty of Amsterdam to suspend their proceed niga Majuj for the condemnation of the two Spanish Bhips until further ord< re. t ""m^" s " 1710, Augt. 30th. Alexandei Cunningham to the same. Dated al Berlin and addressed "A Monsieur Monsieur Horace Walpoole Se- critaii-e del Ambassade, Chez My Lord Tounsend ;'t la Hay. Holland. ". . . . I return you thanks particularlie for the Letters you sen! me bi Mr. ( 'hit try which I received. We intend t<> leave this place in two days and arc tu goe into Italic by the way of Tirol, if there come to your hands any Letters for my Lord Lonsdale or me, please to direct them for me at Samuel Williams' house at Venice, for we shall not make a long stay at any place now fill wc conic to Padua. •• yesterday wc had the news of my Lord Tr[easure]r's breaking his -tall', and that his place is put in Comission. Why my Lord L[onsdale] should be concerned lor it L know not, I wish it may lie lor the publick good and to you much joy ot your new Masters Yesterday the K. was taken ill at table, but was peilectlic well in half an hour. The Prince Royal is a keen Whig ami cals the T >rys rogues etc., but per- haps a short time will make him change his thoughts, as I expect [it] will doe to most of the new violent Whigs, who they say are all going over with Jack Smith at their head, if so I hope you will not be among the last, unless you think constancic is a vcrtue which I fancie Made- moiselle Dorp herself will scarce allow, 'lis well the Duke of Marl- borough is content to stay at the head of the armie, better half loaf than none at all, others will be of his mind, but they are not to be received by mother church as they say, soe had better goe out with a good grace, if the experiment be not dangerous " 1710, Augt. 31st. John Chetwynd to the same. Dated at Oulx. >k . . . . the enemies have ordered some redouts to be made betwixt PogllOSO and Larche to hinder our penetrating that way another lime. " We shall sing Te Deum hen? tomorrow for the redition of Douay." 1710, Sept. 1st. John I. awes to the same. From Brussels. " Yesterday we received here the capitulation of liethune, by which the garrison was to march out that day with the usual marks of honour, and to be conducted to Saint Omer. Monsieur Keppel brother to the Earl c\' Albemarle is made Governor of Bethune '« Yesterday we rejoiced for the late victory in Spain. Having been at Gaud some days with M 1 ' Cardonel, T did not trouble you last week. He is so well recovered that he thinks of setting out on Wednesday next lor the army." 1710, Sept. 1st. Lord Stair to the same. Dated at the " Camp at Vilers Brulin." 4 pp. on the balance of power in the North. The same to the same. Dated, " Fryday 10 a clock." '•• Sir, Here are Sir Richard Temple and 1 so intent on the wind that wee dare not allow ourselves the pleasure of waiting on my Lord Townshend and your honour, wee shall much repent it if the wind continues obstinate. You'll doc us a great dead of pleasure if you'll lett US kn >w how the world goes 1 am his Excellency's most faithful servant, and yours with all my heart. " S i MR," [P.S.J "Don't forget the article of England, for our letters I'm afraid are uot to be come at here.'" The seal on this letter is curious. It represents a female figure, standing in the foreground, (..ward- whom a Cupid is rowing in fl small boat. The motto on the seal is "Sejruardo uon nrivo. 74 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Makqttbbs 1710, Sept, 5th. James Taylor to the same. From Whitehall. Towhshbhd '•.... take Leave to congratulate you on our great success in Spain __' and are impatient for the particulars but wee have no reason to doubt the truth of it since France owns it Enclosed you have the Queries N° 2 and the Earl of Clarendon's Opinion about the dissolution of the Parliament Anno 1G40 very apropos to this time .... This day's Tat lei- being a good one I send you that also " 1710, Sept. 8th. John Laws to the same. From Brussels. I heartily congratulate you on this glorious success [near Sarragossa on August 20 th ]. 1710, Sept. 9th. Thomas Willymott to the same. Dated at Doctor's ( 'ominous, .and addressed " To the Honorble Horatio Walpoole att his Excellency's the Lord Townsend's att the Hague Holland. — These." The writer asks M r Walpole to interest himself in the case that Mr. Robert Breame, master of the- ship Mary and Elizabeth, has pending at the Court of Holland. 1710, Sept. 10th. Monsieur Charion to Lord Townshend. In French. From Berne. Congratulations on the two victories in Spain (Almenara and Sara- gossa). It concludes : — " so long as Joshua shall be at war with Amalek I shall have my hands stretched out towards the Heavens." 1710 ; Sept. 23rd. J. Macky to Horatio Walpole. From Ostend. Recommending an officer for promotion but not naming him. 1710, Oct. 7th. Henry Hale to the same. From Amsterdam. " . . . . Tomorrow departs from hence our great Gouvernr Pitt and [he] will be sure to wait on my Lord Townshend 1710, Oct. 8th. General Palmes to the same. Dated at Vienna and unaddressed. a Sr — I am infinitely obliged to you for your constant correspondence can send you nothing in return from here, most of our Ministers being in the country, and little more to be effected in tlie Duke of Savoy's affaires til we have his answer to the last dispatches we sent from here. The Count de K who is to assist as plenipotentiary att Milan in case his R. H. consents to a conference upon the resolutions of this ( iourt is ordered to come hither to receive the instructions in order to it, and if his EJ. H. accepts of that I shall according to the orders 1 have formerly received goo thither, I have not as yet signify'd her Majestie's desires to the Court relating to the Hungarians, expecting the return of the Ministers from their country houses, but I am humbly of opinion it will be of little purpose, however I shall give you an account of it 1710, Oct. 13th. A Camp Circular. Unsigned. Dated at the " Camp before Aire the L3 tt Octob 1 1710." Describing the siege operations from October 10 th . 1710 Oct. 16th. D 1 ' Francis Hare to Horatio Walpole. From the Camp at S 1 Andre. " Dear Hor ice, 1 had a letter from M 1 Naylor by the last mail, desiring me to send him a Certificate, if Jemmy Pelham was alive the ninth of September O.S. his name being concerned in some ofM r Naylor's writings. Jemmy being from the army J can't do what lie desires, but believe yon may; the Captain having been, if I am not mistaken, with you at the Hague HISTOBICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, 7 ■ since that time .... I hear by the last letters, you ar eased of 1 1 1 «_• Mabquwsoj * rouble of serving two masters msh, 1710, Oct. 20th. John Drummond to the same. From Amsterdam. . . . M r Staweil my Lord Stawell's brother entreats his Excellency 1 pass to go for England, he has nol his health very well and goes direct to Rotterdam, if you please to direct .M' Forbes t<> send his Excellency's pass for bim and his servant to M 1 ' Black's at Rotterdam, I hope to he with you on Saturday evening, and shall payM* Forbes the dues, I thinke his name is Edward Staweil " I7it», Oct. 24. Count Stadion to Lord Townshend. [n French. From Mayenee. The Elector fears lesl the troubles in the United Kingdom and the change of Parliament may not import some change inio affairs, and the writer hopes that, if the allies continue to be blessed with success in Spain, France will think more seriously, and with better intentions, of Peace. 1710, Oct. 27th. Henry S ( John, Secretary of State, to Horatio Walpole. From Whitehall. " Sir, I hope yon will attribute it to the hurry I have lately been in to lake care of my elections, and 1 have not answered sooner your con- gratulations upon her Ma'- vs having honoured me with this Employment. I -lull be very glad to make use of it upon all occasions. After what I write to my Lord Townshend I can have no rurthei directions to send to you ; but I don't question your diligence in sending all such advices as may be for her Ma'** service, which will be always acceptable to " S 1 ' your most humble servant "H. S f John." 1710, Nov. 3rd. Copy of a letter, in French, dated at the Camp before Aire, from the Duke of Marlborough to the Count of Colmenero. The Duke enquires if the latter had written to him on the 22 ,u * of October as he had received a letter bearing the Count's signature but doubted its authenticity. 1710, Nov. 24th. James Taylor to Horatio Walpole. Dated at the 1 [orse < ruards. " your brother came to townc last night and is this day much pesterd with company and tomorrow our new snmators meet which prevents his writing to you by this post Enclosed you have two Bledlys which are esteemed very good and very apropos. . . ."' 1 710, Nov. 27 tli. Alexander Cunningham to the same. From Padua. •' Worthy Sir, I had the favour of yours of September the 9 th , just as T was entering the Lazaretto the l" 1 of November we stayed there 14 day- during which time 1 could make no return to you, being then buried in Lazarus's house, but now being risen as it wer from the dead [can assure you that my dutieto you is one of the first things that 1 call to mind and [I] shall be proud of all opportunitys of entertaining frindship with a person of your merit. I thank you for the care you have had of my letters, and desire you would be soe kind as to put forward the enclosed to M 1 ' Wortley Montague who I believe would see you in his return to England. The measures taken latelie in England surprise all that (\vc not know u-. they think 'tis odd a bruer should set up against a < leneial, but you know the merit of brewers better, soe it seems the new brooms sweep clean. 76 BISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS < oMMISSION. Mabqubbs I would not have though! thai they would have gpne soe far, but they "mss. k> know besl what they are doing, I wish they take care of the poor foolish nation and not put all in danger. The Church is in none unless it be of one that's much prouder than herself. They ask me here what's D r Sacshevral's religion, lor my part I know not, but pray ask and let me know, lor they tell me here he is of theirs, only the Germans are sorrie that he should disturb the alliance, others think he has pretensions on the Crown and that he may set up for himself, I'm amased to see what notions people has of us. As for what you say of yourself I'm sorrey to hear it, that you must perish with those you are imbarked with, con- stancy makes a man cheap as you well observed in Lovers. As for those that are gone out insteed of going over I fancie some of them have mistaken their way, however betwixt you and me they have this com- fort, they goe not out soe poor as they came in. Of all things I wonder most of M 1 ' B[oy]l's being out for he was obnoxious to none, 1 hope the Whigs will think of travelling, if they'l come thus far I shall be glad to see them, they'l find friends among the fair here, but 1 leave politicks knowing I'm never to be at the helm. My Lord Lonsdale gives his humble service to his Excellencie and your self, he has bought a Horace for love of you, and studys now [to make up] for his idleness at the Hague, he has laid all politicks aside since his friends have done the same, now he reads incessantlie. We shall lie here till Christinas, then will go to Venice to refresh our selves with Operas and other interluds. Tell M 1 ' Peryra that in the Lazaretto 1 have converted two Jews to Whigrie but they'l be old Whigs, they not being for Places or preferment. My dear M 1 Walpool I shall be glad of your Commands alsoe, your news, save your self if you can, your sins are only venial yet, and the Whig's can't blame you for occasional conformitie. Operas bals and the like is our business, my Lord [Lonsdale] is a mightie hopefull youth, soe that 'tis a pleasure to me to be abrode at this time. Give my most humble services to his Ex cl y and I am etc.'' " [P.S.] Direct yours to me under a cover to Mess rs Samel Williams and Smith Marchants at Venice." 1710, Nov. 29th. Monsieur Charion to Lord Townsliend. In French from Berne on the prospects of the War and the chances of Peace. 1710, Dec. 1st. A letter from Count de Valdenz, Governor of the Castle of Milan, to Lord Townshend. in Italian. 3 pp. About certain Spanish fiefs of the Emperor. 1710, Dec. 7th, N.S. John Molesworth to Horatio Walpole. From Wesel. "... All my letters go through Mons 1 ' Clignet's hands : I mean him who is Postmaster at Leyden. . . . " I shall stay some days at Dusseldorpf, and from thence proceed to Francfurt, where I should be mighty glad that the frosts would overtake me, for the roads we have allready past are b'.it a bad sample of what we are to expect especially in the Westerwatt, which am airraid is allmost impassable. " [P.S.] I have made bold to trouble yon with a letter to M 1 ' Stanhope, not knowing any safer way of conveying it tC him." 1710, Dec. 10th. James Oockburii to the same. From Turin. " During M r Chetwynd's absence 1 will take the liberty to trouble you when we have any news here worth your attention . . .... They continue to mention the enemies fitting out i8or20 men of war at Toulon HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 77 "Lust week it Brittish Man of War arrivedal Genoa, with advice Mial Maeqi S 1 ' John Norris with the Beet, was gone out from Port .Malum to cruise j«gg. for two ibontha." 1710, Dec. LOth. Admiral Sir John Nbrris to Lord Townshend. Endorsed " Duplicate Tm the W Hon 1 ' 1 " Lord Townshend." Dated <>ii hoard the Ranelagh, al Porl .Malum. The writer reports the move- meiits ofhis ships ami of the Turkish convoy. 1710, Dee. 24th. From Turin. James Cockburn to Horatio Walpole. " . . . . By letters of the 'JO' 1 ' from Genoa we have an ace' that Gen u Wade was arrived there from Spain being sem into England by M' Stanhope. Our Army is still near Toledo, bul it is feared we shall be obliged in a little time to return to the fronteers of Axragon, by reason that the Portuguese would not join us & thai the Spaniards seem againbt us in Castile " The ship which the Enemies have tilted out from Toulon to the number of :>7 are gone towards the Straits near Cartagena ; Sir John N orris being likewise that way 1 hope he will have the good fortune to meet with some of them " 1710, Dee. 25th s O.S. Geoffrey Walpole to the same. From Port, Mahon. " D r Brothei', I have been favoured with yours & am glad to hear of your continuing still at the Hague, our success here in cruising has been very had all this winter, the enemy having fitted out such a number of ships in these parts as has ohliged US to keep in a body : since the late mis- fortune of Gen: Stanhope the King has pressed our going up to Italy for the troops thai are there ready to embark for Spain, lor which Service we now a fitting out with all expedition : 1 have spoken t<> S' J"" Norris in behalfe of M 1 ( roddard bul do not find that there is any likelyhood of succeeding, the usnall answer is that he has obligations to provide for several others who came abroad with him, which he shall not he able to do, before the arrivall of Sir .)"" Jennings who is dayly expected here to relieve him, & to whome I believe it will not he improper for m\ I/ 1 [Townshend] to recommend M r Goddard to, he having served some time under his command: we expect to be in Italy by the middle of next month where I beg you let me hear from you, 'tis reported here that my brother Walpole is out of his employment as treasurer of the Navy, hut we do not hear who has succeeded him, I wish it may prove otherwise ; the arrivall of S 1 ' J"" Jennings in these parts I'm in hopes will give me a greater prospect of Success by cruising than hitherto I've had, I am Deai- Brother most affectionatly yours ( •. Walpole." [P.S.] u I'm afraid we have had no SUCC6SS in the lottery by your silence. 1710, . Copy of a Memorial from the States General to Prince Eugene. In French. 15^ pp. 1710-1711. Copies of forty-six -'Letters from L d Townshend to M 1 Secretary S' John." From Nov 1 4th 1710 to March 27th 1711. In a cardboard cover. 1710-11. Twenty-one Letters, in French, from [saac D'Alais, Secre- taryal Hanover, to Lord Townshend and|Horatio Walpole. Prom March 28th 1710 to March 27th 1711. In a posiscript to the latest of these letters the writer Bays thai Lord Raby i- expected to arrive in Hanover the same evening. 78 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1710 to 1719. Miscellaneous letters and papers from Feb? 8th 17 10 to Aug 1 4th 1719. In a cardboard cover. 1711, Jan. 9th. A Discourse on the affairs of Portugal. Unsigned. 17 1 , PP- 1711, Jan. 16th. An unsigned police advertisement. Dated at Rotterdam. It runs as follows : — " Avertisement. — Le Sieur Devis'seau est party aujourdhuy par le Bateau D'Anvers, il a bien dit qu'il devoit revenir icy dans 7 a huit jours, mais comme e'est un fin Je ne say sy on doit y ajouter foy, il doit loger a Anvers an Grand Laboureur. Cest un liomme de moyenne taille, age de GO a 64 ans, le Cou courte, une mechante perruque blonde, sy on est dans le Dessin de l'arrester, on aura tout le temps necessaire parce que le Batteau est beaucoup charge & que le Vent luy est, contraire." 1710, Jan. 21st. James Cockburn to Horatio Walpole. From Turin. " . . . . things are not so bad as the Enemies gave out; tho' the mis- fortune of the English troops being made prisoners is great enough " We have no news of S r John Norris, but expect him every clay at Vado." 1711, Jan. 30th. Abraham Stanyan to Lord Townshend. Erom Berne. Recommending the bearer, Mons 1 ' Le Camus a French Officer, to his Lordship's protection. 1711, Feb. 4th. Mons 1 ' de S 1 Saphorin to the same. From Berne. In French. Explaining the writer's views on a projected alliance with the Pro- testant Cantons of Switzerland. [No date.] " Projet d'une Alliance deffensive entre Sa Ma xi Brit[anni- que] et L[eurs] II[autes] P[uissance]sd'un cote et la Suisse Protestaute de Pautre." Unsigned. Perhaps enclosed in the last. 17] pp. 1711, Feb. 9th. James Taylor to Horatio Walpole. From the Horse Guards. " Enclosed you have the Medley of Munday last and the Examiner of yesterday which is more scurrilous than any I have yet seen except N° 4 in which he calls his Grace [the Duke of Marlborough] a Cataline at the head of a Mercinary Army. I am astonish'd at the Liberty the Author takes, and more at those who protect him. There was a very great shew on Tuesday last at Court everybody vying who should lie finest 'tis said my Lord Duke will be going hence in a few days. God send him good Success. As for Mony wee are yet in the dark and the Spring advanceing very forward gives us but a very melancholly prospect of a good Champaigue. I hear there are several parties in the house & one in particular call'd the October Clubb consisting of 64. The Malt Act is pass'd & I am told not £10,000 lent upon it, wee live in hopes that Credit will be better, your Brother [Robert] is very well & thank God is yet Treasured- of the Navy." [P.S.] "His Grace came to Towne from Woodstock a Wednesday Night last." 1711, Feb. 10th. Lord Peterborough to Lord Townshend. From Frankfort. "After a most wretched journey I am come well to Frankfort, the Ice was too strong to force, & ton weak id bear, so that I stuck one whole night in the Road. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 78 I find the confirmation of raising the Siege of Gironne upon the m aj WH8HJ Roadfrom all parts which makes me conclude 'tis true, the Wan- in *owi Catalonia had been impracticable il' thai place had been lost. "As soon as I come to Vienna] will give your Lordship an accouni of what Success my endeavours may have in that terrible Courl & I return yon my mosl humble thanks for all your favours atl the Bague." Same date. Daniel Pulteney to Horatio Walpole. Prom Copenhagen, Almiit affairs at the Danish Court. 5 pp. 1711, EJeb. L3th. Adam Cardonnel to the same. From Westminster. ", . . . [1] am now in a hurry preparing to] hasten over to \>>u, our Bajreasre is "one on board Cap' Sanderson this afternoon, ami In- i- h. -aileto morrow for Harwich whether we shall he hastening in three or lour Days in order to embark. " Lord Orrery is to he with my Lord Duke [of Marlborough] this evening and 1 hope we .-hall leave matter- here pretty oasy. . . ." Same date. Duke of Queensberry l<> the same. Enclosing a letter to be forwarded to Mr Jefferyes who has Left do directions in his grace's office how his letters may be addressed to him while he is on his way to Bender. 1711, Feb. 19th. Lord Peterborough to Lord Townshend. From Lintz. " After a most uneasy journey I "am come as far as Lintz & have the mortification to be stop'd within a day & a half of Vienna. The Suow is melted & the Rivers impassahle by Land, & the Ice prevents the passage by the Danube. "... I fear our affairs in Spain arc in an ill Condition, in a few days I shall give you the best account I can of affairs in these parts . . ." Same date, John Laws to Horatio Walpole. From Brussels. "Our freshest letters from Talis are of the 13th We are still without any aecornpt of what lias passed at Girona since the Capitu lation of the Town on the 25th of January There is nothing material from the Enemies Frontier on this side except that the great want of money still continues among their Troops. "The 17th being Tier Majesty's Birthday it was celebrated here by firing the Cannon, with all other usual Kejoicings, and the greatest marks of Zeal and Affection were shown on this Occasion by the Government and People, in acknowledgement of the good effects they receive from Her Majesty's gracious Protection " 1711, Feb. 20th. James Taylor to the same. From the Eforsi i ruards. "... The Lottery Act will pa^s in a very lew days, and consequently very soon wee shall know it the People like the proposition, 1 wish they may with all my heart Tor the Money wee want very much. My Lord Duke [of Marlborough] left the Towne a Sunday Morning lasl for Holland. Iwish him a good Voyage & good Success this Summer. Wee are here under some apprehensions that Barcelona will he beseiged." 1711, Pel). 24th, N.S. James Jeii'erycs to Lord Townshend. Prom Hanover. Enclosing a despatch under a Hying seal tor his Lordship's perusal. 1711, Feh. 27th. James Taylor to Horatio Walpole. From the Horse Guards. "I I'orgott to tell you in my last that the house of Lords had pa— d the Qualification Bill wnich I hear by a Computation will throw out above SO HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. two hundred Members (at the next Election for a new Parliament) of the presenl house. The Duke of Argyll will he setting out for Spain in about 8 or ten days." Same date. Lord Townshend's Letters of Recall. Dated at St. .James's. Signed and sealed by Queen Anne, and countersigned by Henry St. John. 1711, Feb. 28th. Lord Peterborough to Horatio Walpole. Dated at Vienna and addressed to " Monsieur Walpool " and " Mr Wall pool." The writer is hoping to send accounts from Vienna that, may not be disagreeable. The news from Spain is very mortifying. Same date. Lord Raby to the same. From Berlin. "... I know before yours [came to hand] that my Reg 1 was taken, seeing my agent writ me very lately word that he had received a letter from my major Coll. Benson at Burgos in Spain, but by yours I am in- formed that King Charles has raized up a Reg 1 of Dragoons which is eal'd the Royall which T thought was attributed to mine & am obliged to you for your information. This Court is in great hopes now of an accomodation with the Prince of Frieze & and if the conclusion is in- tirely made pei'haps you may see our Court with you in the spring. " T do assure you I am very glad the Duke of Marlborough is like to command again, I shall win 10 pistoles by it which I laid with the Prince Royall in November last .... I have very great hopes the War in Hungary is ended by Prince Ragotzys making his peace with the Emperor." [P.S.] " The affair of the Elector of Hanover's taking the Bishoprick of Hildesheim continues to make a great noys here but the quarels o these German Princes are allways ended by a paper war at Ratisbone." 1711, March 2nd. James Taylor to the same. From the Horse Guards. " I am sorrv to hear that your Revocation was sent a Tuesday Night. last expecting now to have the Pleasure of seeing you in England I am etc." 1711, March Cth. Robert Mann to the same. From London. . ..." I have taken the liberty to order M r Davis of Rotterdam to -end you a small parcel 1 of Silk for hancercheifs which I desire your Care of when you come for England and beg you'l buy me a peace of lace not two fine for Shirts and not quite so broad as your uncle's . . ." 1711, March 7th. General Francis Palmes to the same. From Vienna. Explaining a projected interim settlement of the dispute between the Emperor and the Duke of Savoy as to the right of the latter to certain fiefs in Montferrat, and mentioning that the Elector of Mayenee, uncle of the Vice Chancellor of the Empire, has agreed to furnish four batallions which the States General are to send into Spain. 17) 1, March 10th. .John Wich to Horatio Walpole. From Ham- burgh. " . ... The King of Sweden's Declaration. I had two or three days before, and find the Vandall's wandering blood is in him and that the Goth will sooner leave his Cittyes, and Dominions, then the pleasure of rambling at randome I am affraid, wee ehall have the Deviil to do with him, for in all his proceedings Revenge is his most Christian attribute, and he is made of such Mold that he must have ;i magical] wheele that puts him into any shape, but what hee'l bare HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION 81 himself. You must be peedy in whal you do one way or other, for von ,,- klv ' have 11. iw to do with a .Man, I mean General! Goveroour Welling, Who is tin- most retir'd, canning Polititian, at leasl [ntriguer, on earth, and one who is no less then a Swedish Caper in the very Middle of a French Soop. I'uti him into a Limbeck, and when the Sueed is Evaporated the Spiritl will be nn cordial pour le /)'<>>/ de France ... ." 1711, March I lth. Josiah Bnrchett, Secretory t<> the Admiralty Board, to Lord Townshend. From the Admiralty Office '• I aend jrour Lordship herewith an Order Prom the Lords Comm" of the Admiralty directing one of 1 1 » < - Captains of the Yachts now in Holland to bring your Excellency to England. There arc now al Rotterdam ■- \ .rail of her Maj 1 Ships under the < lommand of ( iaptain Scotl <>r the Romney, who is ordered toconvoyyour Lordship to England if you can be timely ready, otherwise the Deptfnrd a Ship of 50 Gunns is ordered from the Down.- to Holland to attend on your Excellency." Same date. Abraham Stonyan t « » Horatio Walpole. Prom Berne. Referring to a Col. Bugnot's proposal to "debauch 7 or 8000 men from the Enemy's Army, it would be methinks a piece of Service that deserves Encouragement." 1711, March 13th. John Wich to the same. From Hamburgh. A hurried line requesting M r Walpole t<» give the enclosed to M Cardonnell. " J wish you a bumper, and a good night." Same date. A News-letter from Paris. In French. The king last Tuesday reviewed his two regiments of French and Swiss Guards, which oannoi ael <>ut so soon as was intended on account of the rains having rendered the roads impassable. In connection with this review they tell rather a curious story, which is mortifying for the Duke de Guiche. As colonel <>!' the King's Guard he w.iii to Versailles to learn on what day it pleased the King to hold the review, and he enquired where it should he held, seeing thai il could not well l.e held as usual on the Plain of Crenelle, near the Invali.les, which was -lill under water from the inundation of the Seine. To this enquiry the King replied that it, would he no greal barm if they were nil drowned Same date. George Tilson to Horatio Walpole. From Whitehall. "D[ear| S 1 ' — ! am now much tired at near three in the morning and cannot do any more than acknowledge yours I did nol deliver your firsl letter w" 1 any ceremonj to M* SeC | S 1 John] Bince your lasl ended with that request, however I put it into his hands that lie might see how desirous you were of his Protection, We have uol a farthing from Inland vet. \\ hen it conic- 1 shall he mindt'ull of your jusl Pre- tensions. 1 hope our Lottery, will make a great Sound abroad. It has surpass'd every body's imagination. I have lost a Guinea upon it. besides being excluded, but the Pari 1 want- more, and may net it lev thi- method which seems so agreable. — 1 am IV S' — V r Ac. <;. T." 1711, March 14th. Lord Baby to the same, From Berlin. Endorsed " Lord Etaby'3 Circular of Mai eh 1 I, 1711." It begins: — Having receivM my letters of revocation Sunday last, I would have taken my Audience of leave immediately, but the King havingu mind 1 shou'd have a publick one, desired me to defer it till Tuesday next, X t..ld me at the same time he would dine with mc the day before." Same date. Daniel Pultciiev to the same. From Copenhagen. U 24953. F S2 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. About the Swedish Declaration against the neutrality iY.c [;>l pp.] and enclosing an extract from a letter to the Duke of Queensbcrry on the same subject [2 is pp.]. 1711, March loth. Lord Raby to the same. From Berlin. "... the Declaration of the Swedes was general as you will see by what I sent formerly to his Excellence my Lord Townsbend, & it can't but extreemly embarase all the Powers concerned in the Guaranty. .... I hope soon to have the honour of waiting on him myself at the Hague tho' I dread the roads I hope to be setting out from hence before the end of next week." 1711, March 16th. George Tilson to the same. From Whitehall. « TV S r — Since last Post I have had the favour of yours of the 20th " 1 put my Bro r [Christopher] in mind to sollicit for money for L d Townsbend upon M 1 ' Secrys letter, but I fear the Trea[su]ry bears dunniug very well, if T could forward it more [expeditiously] 1 would do my utmost. I sent your good News to S r W. Hodges who by his Son has let me know/ how much satisfied they are to have come off so well. They ought surely to own your hearty Pains in this matter with great thankfullness. — [The Marquis de] ( iuisca'rd we believe -will dye, it is not his wounds that, prove mortal, they are all well, but the Messen- gers & others when they got. him down bruised him horribly; they were fain to make an Incision yesterday, & above a quart of Sanies, or bruised blood came out. If he dyes he will save us the trouble of straining hard with the Laws to hang him ; 'tis wretched to see how difficult it is to come at the life of a Vilain by Law. I am told the Lords have passed the Wine Bill with an Amendment which the Commons have agreed to, so people hope to have good wine here, tho' not much cheaper ; & as we, must have it, our Merch ,s may do it as well as others. The over-filling the Lottery causes a great Confusion in the City. I think they have agreed to compute, & deduct proportionally from every one to reduce it to the sum they want, & those who won't take their money back in pro- portion, may take the Law of the Bank if they please. I hear one Blunt who put in above 100 m.li. [£100,000] is very resty& unti actable. I waited on Mr. Boyle this morning before he went out of Town, & he bid me desire that you would add to the Com[issio]n you have already from him half a hogshead of the best Hermitage wine you can get. 1 thank you i'oi ycur readiness as to my Shirts and Lace. We find by this Post that Lord Peterborow has executed his Com[ issio]n very vigorously. I hope we shall see good effects of it. I think it is our Sheet Anchor. Were the Hungerian trouble finished we might be more easy as to the pernicious projects of the Swedes. Mo r Steinghens seems to think his Master too generous; 'tis seldome that German Princes' generosity hurts them.— I am ever— D r S r , Y™ G. T." 1711, March 17th. ( J eorge Mackenzie to the same. From Dresden. ". . . . what you wrote me in Cyphers by the last of the 10 ,h Instant was very acceptable tome .... such are my orders to make as little use of numbers as possible, 'tis to no purpose to me toalledge prudence will have it otherwise, because J must hold that obedience is better than Sacrifice." Same date. Daniel Pulteney to the same. From Copenhagen. About the Swedish declaration against the neutrality, etc. 5| pp. Same date. Copy of an unsigned letter in French. Dated at Geneva and unaddressed. Enclosed in Mr. Stanvan's letter to Horatio Walpole ol March 28 th . SISS. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, S3 M L'on a fail conrir an bruil sourd a Paris, que Milor Dim de Marl- -uk^i bm borough etoit raorl subiteruenl en Angleterre d'uu Mai ecn pleased to do mo ami the [persons] concerned, which letter goes inclosed, so pray favor me to deliver it, and [this] is all I can say till 1 shall have the lion 1 ' to waite On his Ex' v A: to see you in England, which 1 hope shortly to do, interim I tender you all due respects and am etc. Wm. Hodges." 1711, March 24th. Lord Baby to Horatio Walpole. From Berlin. The writer is setting out for the Hague the next day. 1711, March 25th. Admiral Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend hated on board the Ranelagh in v*aia Bay. Reports an engagement between three of the writer's ships and four French .-hip.-. The names of the English ships are the Severn, the Lyme, and the Lyon. Captain Pudner commands die Severn. Captain Strickland commands the Nassau. Captain Walpole has lost his right arm by a cannon ball. 171 1, March 26th. John Wich to Horatio Walpole. From Ham- burgh. Regrets at M 1 ' Walpole's departure for England and eompliments. 1711, March 27th. William Gibson to the same. From Rotterdam. Addressed '• To Horatio Walpole Esq r Secretary to his Excellence the Lord Townshend, Toi,S' Gravenhage. Enclosing a "bill of Loading " for two casks of wine -hipped on board "the Martha, Rich' 1 Perkins master." 17H, March 28th. Abraham Stanyan to Lord Townshend. From Berne. " My Lord, — Not knowing how long your L\ > may continue at tin Hague, I take this Opportunity of returning my most humble thank- to your Lordp.for the many favours J have received from you both daring my Stay at the Hague and since, begging leave to assure you (hat I shall always retain a gratefull sense of lliein, and think myself very happy, if I can ever lind an Opportunity of .-hewing my gratitude. It is not for me to judge of the reasons which prevailed with your Lordp. to quit! your Embassy, I doubt not but they are good a- to your own particular, but I don't know whether you can BO well justify them to the publick, since all the letters from Holland, as well a- the persons I meet with that conic From thence, speak with great regret of your Ex leaving that Counlrey. However it he, since it has been your Choice I heartily wish it may prove to your Satisfaction, and beg leave to assure you, that wherever you are, 1 -hall always be with the utmost respect — My Lord — Your Ex > mo-t faithful! & most humble servant. •• A : Si \nv\n." SG HISTORICAL MANUSC1UPTS COMMISSION. MiEQUBea Same dale. The saint- lo Horatio Walpole. From Berne. Towtnsbesd a j ] 1HV ,. , U) news to send you bul the Copy of a letter I have seen from a General Officer in the 1). tie Noailes's army in Catalonia which yon will find here annexed. ••The letters from Milan of the 20th inst. say that they had yet no News of the Arrival of our Fleet at Vado, but that it wasexpected every day, and that the Troops would embark Tor Catalonia as soon as it arrived. "Pray can yon tell me what is become of M 1 ' Stanhope? & since I am making enquiry I desire yon would let me know whether I must lose you with my Lord Towushend, or -whether you stick to the Embassy and not to the Amb 1 '. Whereever you are I shall always be very heartily — Dear S* — Your etc." Asa postscript lo this letter is a copy of a letter in French from a General Officer in the army of the Due tie Noailes, dated March loth. 1711, March 30th. Les Plaintcs du Hoy tie Prusse contre les Etats G[e]n[er]aux. Dated at the Hague ami unsigned. 8 pp. TNo date.] Les demandes faites a l'Empereur, outre celles qui sout faites ey dessus aux Etats Generaux. 3 pp. This paper is appended to the last. 1711, March 3ist, N.S. George Mackenzie to Lord Townshend. Dated at Dresden. " My Lord, — I received yeasterday the honour of the letter that your Excellency had been pteas'd to write to me of the 24th Inst., and sincerely beg leave to assure Your Lordship, that 1 am too sensibly touchM with the loss I must make, to've receiv'd with indifference the notice you've thereby given me of your Excie's purpose lo return into England I must presume that Your Lordp's remembrance of the plainness and fullness with which 1 have faithfully ever acquainted you, with all that past in these parts, will continually he such proofs of my unbounded Confidence iu, and of the attachment I really conserve for Your Lordp, that if hereafter any thing offer wherein I may be use- full, that at least 1 may still promise myselfe the Satisfaction of your Excie's commands. "1 am with a most profound respect — My Lord — Your Excellence's most obedient, most faithful], & humblest Serv* " Gkobge Mackenzie." Same date. The same to Horatio Walpole. Dated as the last. " Sir, — 1 ingenouely receivd with the deepest regrait the notice you had been pleas'd to give me of the 24th Instant, that you are at same time with My Lord Townshend to return into England. I'm very sensihle that your own personal Merit as well as other advantageous Circumstances will still make every Situation easie to you, but as I can- not promise myselfe the like happiness with any by the freedom and Confidence thai I used [to receive from] and repos'd in you, I presume you will forgive me to be sensibly affected with what may be my highest misfortune : I hope you have had some <1« monstrations of tny soundness ami Sincerity, and therefore may be persuaded 1 shal never be very diffuse in Protestations ; but a^ yon cannot doubt, thai I have the due Sentiments I ought, of the many and signal obligations you've done me, in the Course of your Residence & Negotiations 5 I presume you'le give me leave to assure you, that 1 will in all time coraeing very gladely embrace every opportunity that can contribute to your Satisfaction and my acknowledgments. " 1 presume you are more generous, than [to] deny me the complacency I shal ever receive, to effectually declare that 1 am with the ill STORK kl MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. ^7 utmost Sinceiity & cordial n pect — D l Sir— Your uao I obedient& mo t mai humble Sei vant, t ms. " CrKOBGK M \< k i.N/.IK.'' 1711, April 6th. Mod -. Thoma Lauren to the same [?] Dated at Briel and unaddre wed. « re suis inforinu que les vaisseaux de guern n teronl en mer ..,,,, . eutrer a Goree, pour attendrc Son Excellence Mylord Townshend. L711-1712. Copies of six letters from Lord Peterborough. From lt»l September 1711 to 12th August IT I li . Dated at Venice. 1713 Jan. 9th. "To The W lion 1,1 " the Lord Vise 1 Townshend at RainliRi'n Hall near Swaffam Norfolk— Free.' 1 In an official Imud and unsigned. Dated in London. « My Lord— From the Hague [we hear] thai the main Point in Question between Prince Engine and Villars is aboul a safe Barrier for the Empire with the latter as yet is far from yeilding and insists not onli on the entire Sovereignty of Strasburg and Alsace, bul alsoe of the Country quite down to Germersheim inclusive which it's beleived the Emperor neither will or can agree to, meantime the States are very uneasy least France should stipulate something from his Imp u Maj^ tc their Prejudice touching the Barrier in the Netherlands, have ord«* the Comauders of the Frontier Provinces and Towns to repaire to their eev 11 Gov T m u and double their nsuall Guards. "From Hamborough [we hear] that the King of Denmark has given leave for Provisions to be bro 1 in every Fortnight into Toninghen on con- dition the Congress be held the 24th at Brunswick to accomodate differences between the Northern Princes, and thai the house of Mi. Roberts the Brittish ( !onsull at Elsnore was lately burnt but (sic) a sudden Fire and all his Papers consum'd, among them a Packet from England directed to Stockholme and another from thence to England. « Charles Vivian Esq* is made aCom* of the Stamp office in the room of Cap 1 Steele who some time since resignM. "This Day's Dutch Post advises from Vienna that sev B Imperial Regiments in Hungary have orders to march for Daily where new Troubles are expected from the King of Sicily. - From Strasburgh [there is news] of the 1st, That a detaelmf of the Garrison of Friburgh have taken the Pass of New~ta.lt 1 Leagues from Villinghen and thereby opened a way on that side into the Black Forrest . » From Pari- [we hear] that their Sea Armament is very great haveing 12,000 Landmen on hoard and all Materialls of Warr in orderas they give out to assist the Spaniards in [the] Conquest of Sardinia. " "And from the Hague [we hear] that on the 13 th the 2 Dutch Am bassad" set oul for Paris and on the I5 ft that [the Ambassador] of Fiance made his publick Entry at the Hague." 1714 Oct. 12th, O.S. Copy of a letter from Lord Townshend to Mens' Vandenberg. From Whitehall. In French. UN Lordship returns thanks for congratulations on his appointment as Secretary of State, and will contribute as far a> lies in his power to maintain a good understanding and friendship between Great Britamand Holland. 88 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1711. Oct. 29(h. A Letter from the Avoyer and Council of Berne to Lord Townshend on politics and local disputes. In German, 1 pp. 1 T 1 i, 1) ( c. 6th. "Baron Schack's new Letter of Credence," from Peter the Great, "rec d from Sir Clement Cottrel 30 lh April 1710." In Latin. Dated al S 1 Petersburg. 1 p. Iil4 — . '-A Narrative of M r R. A['s] Correspondence with the Mouse <>!' Hanover." From Aug 1 1712 to Nov 1- 1714. In a parch- ment cover, 41 pp. Eighl more, pages have been destroyed. Printed copies of the Queen's Speeches oi'6 th June 1712 and 2 nd March 1713, and also a copy of the " Post-Boy" of 3rd -July I7l4,are bound up with this MS. 1714-1717. Letters from l/L V[ iscounl ] Townshend, J; u Stanhope, Sunderland, and others, belonging to Marquis Townshend. [In a card- board cover.] 1715, March 9th. Copy of a letter from the Emperor Charles VI. to King George I., on the Affair of the Barrier. Dated at Vienna. In French. 7 pp. 1715, March 14th. "Abstract of a letter from Bilbao about a Spanish .Ship fitting out tor Newfoundland to demand and assert their Bight pursuant to the 15 Article of the treaty att Uttrich [Utrecht]." 1715, March 16. Copy of a letter from the Emperor to King George I., acknowledging a letter of Jau v 15 th received at the hand of Lieut. General Cadogan. It concludes: " Je ne dois paa loublier dedonner ici au*Zele particulier & a la dexterite dc M r Cadogan a menager et a finir sa Commission, les louanges qu'il merite, etant etc." [No date.] A Memorial in French showing how the Emperor could attach to his interests the League of the Grisons and thereby establish an easy communication between the States of the Empire and the Duchy of Milan. 11 pp. 1715, April 1st. Translation of a letter from Peter the Great to King I h orge L, congratulating the latter on his accession. 1715, July 10th. Monsieur Baruer to Lord Townshend. In French. Dated at Vienna and unaddressed. The writer sends compliments and would much like to come to England" Mad 1 ' 11 '' d'Appermont has the small pox ; if our hero [the Prince Eugene] escapes [it] the mother and daughter may go to Brabant whither the Prince who has been appointed governor will shortly go too " [1715, August.] Marquis do Rochegude to the same. In French. Undated and unaddressed. Written "at the Hand and Pen, in Panton Street near Leicester Square." Enclosing a copy of the writer's recent despatch to the Protestant Cantons of Switzerland, and fugging a continuance of his Lordship's favour. 1715, Augt. 12th. The copy of the' despatch just mentioned. In French. Dated in London. it begins: — " (xreat and sovereign Lords the good resolutions of Parliament sustained by the levy of 8 or 10 thousand men have arrested the Pretender on his road " 1715, Augt, _, 4)1| _ Monsieur Petkum to Lord Townshend. in French. Dated in London and unaddressed. Endorsed: " Mr. Petticu 13 Aut'." HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 89 Tin writei complains that he has not as yet received anj ati faction for the offence done to him in the King's Chamber at the Palac< l>y Al' Graham, in violation of the haw of Nations ; un. ] An anonymous undated letter addressed "To tin Right linn 1,1 " Lord Viscount Townsend, Principal! Minister of State, Ylbemarle Street." "Mj Lord As your Lordpp is generally knowne [as] s gr< il Benefactor to your Country in all your Eminent Stat ions ; I made hold to intimate to your Ldpp that I could discover a gang of Rogues, some high way men, who have beene out very lately a month [ago] ; and by sunn' undoubted Circumstances brought home great booty. I am a Bl ranger to them and in all ill practice, the Intelligence came to me hy chance, and [inferrfrom makeing a discovery of the house they resort to j if I am known to be the discoverer, my life incurrs greal danger : toserve my Country is my sole motive, notwithstanding if it prove true, 1 expect £300: your Ldpp'sword I and the world can depend on : if it be approved off I will proceede to my uttmost to serve my Country, but I will not be knowne to any such rogues who [1] am told are notorious ones. I bt g your Lopp's pardon your obe* ser 1 . a.h : ooo. "[T.S.] in the flying post, if occation be I expect to hear further." 1715, Sept. 1st. Chidly Pigott to Lord Townshend. The writer prays his Lordship to recover from one M 1 Beakapetition that the King had referred to hi> Lordship's Committee. No date. " Deduction de oe qui s'est passe a I'egard de la demolition de Dunkerque depuis la Signature do la Pais a Utrecht jusqu'a la mort de la feiie Reyne." 18 pp. 1716—1716. Letters from Horatio Walpole to Lord Townshend. Dated at the Hague from the 8 ft February 171o N.S. to 23 rd October 171ft. A thick bundle in a cardboard cover. 1715-1716. Despatches of Admiral Sir John IS" orr is from 13 th May 171") to l"' November 1716. I', 15, May 10th. Copy of a despatch from the Lords of the Admiralty to Lord Townshend. Enclosing a copy of " Instructions for Sir John Korris for hi> pro- ceeding to and from the Balticwith the Squadron of his Ma te Ships under his Command." Signed by Sir George Byng, George Dodington, Sir John Jennings, George Baillie, Sir Charles Turner, and Abraham Stanyan. To ( li< •-• instructions are appended "A List of hi^ Majestiet Ships, designed to proceed to the Baltic under your Command," and *' A Last of Ships Employ'd by the underwritten Merchants to import Hemp from Petersbergh for Ids Majesties service, Anno 17 15." Prom the second of these lists it appears that the number of ships placed under t lie command of Sir John Norris— was four third-rate, fifteen fourth-rate, and one .-loop. The Merchant ships were the America, Thomas Pickarden; the Adventure, John Smith; the Three Martins, Robert Tomson; the Mary & Elizabeth, Samuel Conl ; the Hannah, Ralph White ; the Ben- jamin, John Hooper; the Thomas & Henry, Nicholas Constant ; the lMviu Stork, (.'apt. Harrison ; the Dorothy, Adam Abbot ; and the Friend's Adventure, Alexander Long. 00 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. The names of the owners of these vessels (so Ear us they are given), are [Sir] Randolph Knipe, [Sir] Godfrey Webster, Jos. Martin, William Astell, Charles Goodfellow, and George Morley Jn r . 1715, May Kith. Sir John Norris, on board the Cumberland at the Nore, to Lord Townsheud. The writer is delayed as he is waiting for some of the Merchant Ships and for .Naval Stores. He concludes '• 1 shall hot loose one moment of time in proceeding from hence as soon as in the power of My Lord. — Your Lordships most Obed 1 faithful Sei -t . " Jn : Norris." [1715.] " Draught of a lett* to be writt by S r J" Norris to His Mn 1 )' 8 Ministers at Stralsund & Stockholm." Undated. " Pursuant to the Instructions I have received from His Majesty ; I am to acquaint you that I am arrived here with a Squadron of Men of war, and a fleet of Merchant men under my Convoy, as well for the Security & protection of the Commerce in the Baltick Sea, as to demand of the King of Sweden reparation and satisfaction for the great losses w cl1 the British Merchants have sustained of late years, in having great number of their ships taken and confiscated Avith their Cargo's by the Swedes without any just reason or pretence whatsoever, and also to require an abrogation of the Edict relating to Privateers published by the King of Sweden at Stralsund the 19 th February last ; I must, therefore desire you to lose no time after the receipt of this to represent to his Swedish Majesty the ocqasion of my arrival with the fleet under my Command in these Seas ; and that the King my master having nothing more at heart than the preservation of the antient Friendship between the two Crowns, is very much concerned that the behaviour of the Swedes in taking and confiscating contrary to some treaties still in force the ships and effects belonging to His subjects, and the denyall of satisfaction & redress to them notwithstanding the repeated instances made by you as well a* by Mr Jackson on that account has obliged His Majesty to send me Avith a naval Eoree to protect His subjects in carrying on their lawful trade to tiie Baltick ports, and to demand of the King of Sweden immediate reparation for the losses sustained by the British Merchants (an ac- count of which is here annexed) and also an abrogation of the aforesaid unjustifiable Edict relating to Privateers, which renders the Commerce to these parts impracticable contrary to the Treaties still subsisting be- tween the two Crowns ; and lastly to insist that the freedom of trade to the ports of the Baltick may be immediately restored to His Majesties Subjects, and preserved for the future without any interruption or molestation whatsoever. " You will at the same time let His Swedish Majesty know for these reasons I am directed to stop all such ships that I shall meet with which shall belong to him, or to his subjects, or that carry his Commission, and to detain them, untill 1 shall receive from you the King of Sweden's full compliance to these demands ; winch are so agreable to justice and reason, that 1 cannot doubt but His Swedish Majesty out of his known love ami regard to both will grant a ready and favourable answer ; but if contrary to all expectations be shall continue to refuse complying with what is desired in the name of the King my master, 1 shall then be obliged to (take] such ships as 1 shall intercept belonging to him or to his subjects, or carrying his Commission, as just reprizalls for the damages sustained by the British subjects, and carry them with me as such into England." [No date.] "Copie. Conte Specifique des pertes et domages qu'ont faites les Sujets Britariniques par la Saisie et Confiscation de Vaisseaux IIISToKICAI. MAM SCIlIPtS COMMISSION. !)1 it Marchandises sous mentionnees dans la Suede." Fourteen claim- the Mai total of which amounts to £65,449. Perhaps enclosed in the last. '' \',^' '" (i' ( pp. — 1715, June 23rd. Copy of Minutea of Council of War, held on board the Cumberland af Revel. Enclosed in the next letter. Present: Sir John Norris, Admiral of the Blue, &c; Sir Thomas Hardy, Hear Admiral of the Blue; Captains Edward Hopson, Charles Strickland and Thomas Smith ; Mens 1 L. du Ketb, Rear Admiral of Holland, and Captains Jolle Jolles and John Taatman. The decision come lo at this Council of Wax was to sel s;ul for Dor- wind, lor the protection of the trade of Riga, so soon as the lour -hips daily expected from the Island of EToghland should return; to •■-.ill for despatches at Dantzick ; and to hold a fresh Council of War to determine the proper time for returning with the Fleet to Revel in order to convoy the Trade to England and Holland. With the above paper was also enclosed in the next letter a " List of the Czar's Fleet as they are disposed in a Line of Battel.* 5 1 7 15, June 24th. Sir .John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated, on board the Cumberland, at Revel. The writer sent away the Trade hound to Petersburgh with lour men- of-war to see them as far as the Island of Hoghland. On the 23rd he held a Council of War, " so we may put to Sea again so soon as the said four Ships have rejoin'd us." lias had the good Fortune to prevail with the Dutch Admiral to join with him "in such a Cruise as will not only serve lor the Security of our Commerce, but also enable me to answer the other purposes of his Maj lv . so far as the tine will allow . . . . . . The people here are stil in davly expectation of the Czar's Arrival with his Fleet from Cronslot hut we have not received any Account of his having that Place." I P.S.] 25th dune. "The Post not going away yesterday 1 have an Opportunity to acquaint your LordP that last night 1 had a letter from the C/ar by his private Secretary, by which and what that Cent" had orders to tell me I find hi- Maj*y is very desirous of my stay till he arrives with his Fleet from Cronslot, which Ids Secy assures me will be in a day or two .... I have inelos'd the Muscovite Line of Battel, and can tell your L 1 '" our Trade is got safe to Petersburgh. 1 sailed this morning from the Road of Revel and anchord oil' Nargan. Your L''i' will pardon the Liberty I take of putting my Family's Letters under your Cover.' 171"), duly 8th. The same to the same. Dated on hoard the Cum- berland at Revel. Enclosing "Lists of the Danish and Sweedish Fleets," and "a State of Provisions on hoard his Majesty's Ships in the Baltics Mnder the Command of S r J" Norris." The writer has striven to persuade the Dutch Rear Admiral to act with him offensively against the Swede-, hut the latter says that he can- not join in any offensive action until he receives such orders Iroin the States, or advice from their Minister, Mr. Lent do. " I have also received a second letter from the King of Prussia, wherein he acquaints me the Danish Fleet is retired, being ton weak lor the Swede-, and presses me immediately to endeavour to join the Dane- .... if your Lordship shall send any order- for me at Copenhagen, we may attempt to put them in execution in conjunction with the Danes, as far a- our provisions and the season of the year will admit, which are both pretty far spent " 92 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. T ^I; '■',', " P.S. His Czarian Majesty has ordered Gen 1 Prince Galexin to make ttSS. a descent with 60 Gallics from Neustadt or Wassaw, on the coast of Fin- land in the North Bodom, n])on the opposite coast where they can land best, in order to burn the country and divert the Swedes from transporting any troops to Pomerania. The Czar's troops designed for Pomerania are in motion, and 1 am told be designs to go thither in person. " T enclosed y r L d ship the copy of a List I have just had from the Czar (if tlic. Danish and Swedish fleets said to be at Sea and of the Danish Flotilla." 17 15, July 13th. The same to the same. Dated on board the Cumberland at Dantzick. " We sailed from thence [Nargan] the 28th, and meeting variable winds we came upon the coast of Windaw the 5th of this month, and being informed there that the Men of War and Trade at Riga were not molested by any Cruisers, we came from that coast, and arrived at Dantzick (he 10th, and i am informed here by Mr, Beaumont and Mr. Hopman that they received a packet from your Ldship for me, but had forwarded the same to Revel the Dutch Rear Admiral is in- formed from the Prints of his Country which he has seen here, that the States have lately declared that their order to him is to keep an exact neutrality, and therefore he cannot joyn with me in any case to act offensively against the Swedes and there being but 14 English Men of War with me, and by letters I have met with here from Mr. Jackson he sends me a List of the Swedish fleet now together, which is 26 sail, and 21 of them are of the Line considering that by the last of this month our trade at Petersburgh will be ready, and that from that time we must be gathering up the Commerce to return down the Baltick, y 1 ' L d sp will expect no further of us than a proceeding with our Trade, unless the Swedes will seek an occasion ; but if it happen that we get down with them to Elsenure in any short time, where they will be free from any apprehension of the Swedes, if His Majesty be pleased that I have any further Orders to act with the Men of War, I shall very faithfully endeavour to obey his commands, which I beg your L d ship will answer for me. '• 1 1 ere is two Merchant Men come to this place, whose Masters I have i samined, and they give so odd a relation of the Swedish and Danish fleets, that if f bad not examined them myself and found them ready to deliver w ; they said on oath, I should hardly have related it to your L'lship. One of them says that on the 8th instant near Bornholm, he was carried into the Swedish fleet by one of their Ciuizers, that they were in all 35 sail, whereof 21 were of the Line, that while he was with them, they discovered the Danish fleet to Leeward and bore down to them, who he says were also 35 sail, and 21 of them in a line to receive the Swedes, that when the Swedes were near the Danes about 30 Canuons were fired from the Swedes at the Danes who made no return ; after w ch £],,. Danes bore away and the Swedes kept their wind and so eparated, and this man coming on bis voiage hither saw no more of their proceedings. The other Master says that on the 9th he was likewise in the Swedish fleet near Bornholm, and saw them in sight of the Danes ; that the Swedes bad the Wind of them, that he saw some few- guns fired from Ibe Swedes, alter which the Swedes tacked and stood towards the Island of Bornholm and the Danes towards Fosterburn. . . ." L715, July 16th. The same to the same. Dated on board the Cum- berland at Dantzick. Sir John encloses a copy of the resolutions come to at a Council of War two 'lays before, and will pursue them if the post brings him nothing to the contrary. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 93 Tn the Council of War it wae decided that the Heel should proceed to Revel "".mi dispatch turn- .-hips from thence to Hoghland, to fetch the '"V trade from Petersburgh to Revel, and thai when they shall baverejoyned the licet ihcic, i i be considered in another < louncil of War in what manner 'twill be beef to take up the reel of. the trad'- of both nation.- to proceed down the Baltiek in order to return to our Countrys." 1715, Augt. 2nd. Lord Townshend to sir John NTorris. From Whitehall. ( !opy. ."> pp. His Majesty entirely approves sir John's conducl ; think- it i ol the last consequence to the nation thai the merchanl men who are now upon their return from the Baltic should be conducted borne in safety — since if they should miscarry such a scarcity ol nasal stores musl ensue ■■< would disable him from fitting out a Fleet next Spring — and therefore orders Sir John to convey them home with all convenient speed. A . by returning home with Ids whole squadron and the merchant ships under convoy. Sir John will probably have no opportunity of making reprizals on the Swedes, he is instructed to lca\e behind him in the Baltic eight of his ships " under the command of some discreel Office] that is not a Flag," to act in concert with the Danish fleet, to compel the Swedes to make reparation for the damages they have done to his .Majesty'.- subjects during the last, two years, and to compel the King of Sweden to revoke the unjustifiable Edict lately published. 1 71 o, Sept. 3rd. Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated at ( iopenhagen. " My Lord — Since my last to your Lord? from Dantzick, I am to ac- quaint you that 1 sail'd from thence the 25th of August, and anchor'd oil Bornholm the 27th by reason of Contrary Winds. I sail'd from thence the I -' of this Month and yesterday arrived with all our fleet in the Bay of Knyke, where I found the Danish Heel, whose Admiral sent me 1>\ a Frigat, Your Lord'''' Order- of the 2 d of August, upon w ,h 1 immediately came to an Anchor in thai Road, and pursuant to your Command- made a detachment of eight of the best of our Ships under the Command of Captain Hopson, to join the Danish licet and act according ; to your LordC" directions ; ami have drawn from our other Ships what provisions they can possibly spare, to enable them to continue on the -aid service. After they separated from me this Morning, 1 sail'd with the resl of our Ships and pass'd the Grounds of Elseneur, and am just Come a dio.n to this place to adjust with the Ministers for such further Provisions a shall lie wanted for the Service of the said eight Ship-, hut as the Posl i now going and I have not opportunity to acquainl your Lord 1 * with ani thing further, 1 shall not fad of taking particular Care to do it by the next," etc. 171.3, Sept. oth. The same to the same. Dated at Copenhagen. A signed duplicate, enclosed from Elseneur in the next letter. ;; pp. The writer has arranged term- with the King of Denmark'- Ministers for the provisioning of the squadron that he is to leave behind him in the Baltic. He hopes [very shortly] to have all our Trade clear'd at Elseneur and to he ready to sail by thefirsl Opportunity to our Country. Is going to Fredrieksberg tomorrow, to receive the Queen of Den- mark's Commands, and from thence to Elseneur to our ship-. The Danish Magazines have neither hemp, cordage, masts nor yards, sufficient for their own ship- whence his Lordship will see that in ca of difficulty they will not he able to supply our squadron. Enclosed in the above letter are the three following paper-;. 1. Sir John Norris' j Instructions to Capt. Hopson, Commander oi hi- f-per Danish Ton said { to contain 36 Eng. Gall a o J> per pound. 94 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Ma}* 3 Ship the Burford. Dated "aboard thcOumberlan I oil Draco this 3 : Sep 1 ' 1715." 4-; pp. 2. State of the Provisions of the S Ships under the Command of Captain Hopson in the Baltick. \ page. .'). Rates to be paid for Provisions that shall be taken up at Copen- hagen for tlir Squadron in the Baltick, and charge of putting Men into the Danish Hospitals &c. The last-mentioned paper which illustrated prices and exchange, and weights and measures, is as follows : — ",At what Rates such Provisions are to be paid for, as the eight Men of War left in the Baltick have occasion to be supply'd with from Copenhagen (Viz*) //. 8, d. Bread (of the \ 2 Dan ; sh Schillings, or 1 sterling per pound. King s sort) J C per Danish tun said to Beer 112 „ „ 4 8< contain 34 English I Gallons. JeefCsalt) 4 „ 2 \ ud> Pork (salt) 7 Hj l Oatmeal 480 „ „ 1 Butter 10 „ „ Cheese 6 " The Bills given for the said Provisions, are to be drawn according to the printed Course of Exchange when the Provisions are deliver'd. "If any Sea Men be put into the King of Denmark's Hospitals, the Charge will be three Rixdollers per Man per Mensem, and rive such Dollers are accounted equal to a pound Sterling. " 171.1, Sept. 10th. Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated on board the Cumberland at Elseneur. "My Lord — Herewith is the Duplicate of what T had the honour to write to you from Copenhagen the 5th. After I had adjusted every thing then with the Danish Ministers relating to the eight Ships w ch stay*\mder the Command of Cap" Hopson, I went to Fredrieksburg, where 1 had the honour of waiting upon the Queen of Denmark and all that Koval Family. Her Majesty was pleased to command me to make her Compliments to the King and Prince and Princess of Wales, and commanded me to dine at her table, when she was pleas'd to drink their Healths and Prosperity, as did all theRoyall Family. I came that night to our fleet, and we now only wait a fair wind to sail, w cl ' I shall be carefull to do the first opportunity that shall present. I am, etc." 1715, Sept. 13th. The same to the same. Dated on board the Cumberland at Klsenure. " My Lord — Since my last to your L'sp I have only to acquaint you that by contrary winds I am still [kept here with the fleet, and the shortness of our provisions has obliged me to endeavour the procuring some at this place, the account of w' 1 ' T shall take care be regularly sent to the Commiss 8 of the Victualling at the cheapest rates I am aide, and pray the L'ship to move His Majesty that Admiralty may order the bills my Secretaries shall draw on the Victualling be regularly complyed with. I am, etc." 1715, Sept. 26th. Capl' 1 Edward Hopson, P.N. , "From on board ill,- Burford in Ruyck Bay," to Lord Townshend. In a clerk's hand; unaddressed, and signed F. Hop-on. 2 pp. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 95 "My Lord— Id Obedience to the Orders 3 receiv'd from Sir John towxshe*ij Norris, [joyn'd the Danish Fleet with the Squadron of hi* Majesty' Ships under my Comand, at this Place the -l' 1 ' instant, where we have continued ever since without any Motion towards proceeding am farther '•Count Geldenlew came on board and took the Command of the Danish Fleet two days since. " The small quantity of Provisions which was demanded to compleat our ships to Twelve Weeks at short Allowance, and hut half Allowance of Beer is not yet nil delivered should we want a farther Supply, 1 tear it will be very difficult to get. As for Naval Stores by what I can learn they have not any in their Magazines should we l>e in want thereof. All these things considered, as well as the Season of the Year far advane'd, f don't see we shall be able to remain in these Seas longer than about the Tenth of October; hut my Instruc- tions directing me to consider that at a Council consisting of the Captains of the Squadron, I shall act accordingly, and shall not omit giving your Lordship an Account of our Proceedings a< often a Opportunity shall offer, and pray leave to subscribe myself, etc, ' I'.S. dust now I received a Message from Count Geldenlew that he had receiv'd the King's Orders, and design'd to sail the next morning hy Day light, towards Rugen, ] shall accompany him with my Squadron, being willing to promote the Publick Service, hut am a little surprized at his giving me no other Intimation of his intention." 171"), Sept. Ii7th. Copy of a despatch from Lord Townshend to Capt" rlopson. Dated at Whitehall. '•.... the King being acquainted that the Ministers of Denmark have a p:eed to furnish you w" 1 provisions at the same Rates as his Danish Majesty is obliged to pay, and that you have a quantity sufficient to serve you till the 10* of October, about w 1 ' lime S r .John Xorris sup- poses you may be preparing to return home; lam commanded by his MajtJ to acquaint you that he thinks the interests of his Subjects, and his own Honour too much concern'd to support the particular points meinion'd in the instructions S r John Norris has given you; that it is therefore his pleasure that you should not think of leaving those seas with the Squadron under you Command untill your shall receive the King's special] orders for that purpose " 171."), Oct. 17th. Sir John Xorris to Lord Townshend. Dated on hoard the '* Cumberland near the mouth of the Thames." '• My Lord,—] sailed with the fleet from Elseneur the 29 th of the last month, and the ill)'' 1 the wind coming contrary [we] were obliged to anchor oil' the island of Lesson, where we rid till the l' 1 instant, and then lun ing a favourable Easterly wind, we Bailed out of the ( lategat, and passed the Schaw with all the fleet in the afternoon. That night came on a viol en 1 storm of wind from the South to the South Wesl which dis- persed the fleet so, that on the .'i" 1 having hard gales ami thick weather, we could not see, besides our own Men of War, and three Dutch, above •10 sol .... "The Swallow and Moor, who were ordered to keep in the rear of the Heel were separated from us the night of the Gale. ''The 7th, three Dutch Men of War and some Merchant men parted from us for their Country " " Capt" Finbo will have the honour of delivering thi- letter to your L d p. He is a very worthy Gentleman I pray leave to recom- mend him to your I/'ship's fa\ our, and hope soon to be permitted the honour of waiting upon you, and am " etc. 96 BISTOBICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Makqubsb 1715, Nov. 5th. "Traduction d'une lettre da Commisariat de Pestat l.wnshem) ^ e ia Marine, au Conseil, a Copenhagen." Signed Rantzau, Seek man, and Lassen. (1 page.) To which is appended a statement " Des provisions que 1' Admiral le Chevalier John Noma a demande pour I'Escadre Angloise qui est avee la flotte Danoise, et des provision- receues la- dessus, selon le poid et mesure de Dannemarc." 1 page. The letter expresses surprise at complaints that the English ships had failed to obtain the provisions promised them, and calls the Council's attention to the aecompanving extract which shows how the provisions have been supplied, in payment for which at present the commisariat have not touched a sou, though the commisariat had to advance money for the purchase of the provisions at considerable inconvenience. [1716]. A list of the Swedish Ships which engaged the Danes on the 28 duly 1715, and ought to be expected at Sea this year. Unsigned and undated. [The total number of ships in this List is 21, and of their guns is 1366, and the proposals that follow seem to have been drawn up by Sir John Norris.] " Besides the above-mentioned ships the Swedes have at Gottenberg ten sail from 28 to 50 guns, which are in condition for the Sea and were out the 1 st of last year. "The afoiesaid Account is the whole number of ships the Swedes had at Sea last year. "If the King have Occasion for his fleet to proceed up the Baltick, the Danes, not being in a condition, or it not being for their intere t to go above the Island of Bornholm, the English should have an equal number of guns in their fleet to the Swedes, to expect the success of a battle in case Occasion offer. " If the English be only tojoyn the Danes and act in conjunction with them, as much less a number as may be reasonably supposed the Danes -hall joyn them with, to give the success to a battel in case of an engagement may suffice. " The Swedes have a much greater number of Men than the English, insomuch that the Adm'' s ship of Sweden will have 1,100 men, and the English Admiral but 470, and a proportional difference between all the ships of the two nations ; wherefore 'tis proposed that the English Ships may be allowed the same complement of Men they have in War. 'I he English ships are now ordered only the allowance of ammunition at home in time of Peace, which is but 40 Charges for each Canon, and in case they have an engagement, that will be neither sufficient to conquer their Enemies nor defend themselves; it is therefore proposed they be allowed the same proportion of Ammunition they carry aboard in time of War, together with 20 rounds of pound-shot, for the Danish Magazines are in so ill a condition, that they cannot supply the Phiglish in case of necessity. "The English were, last year, victualled with four months provision at whole allowance, but if more had not been procured abroad, the ships had not been able to return, and yet, with that help, they were obliged to live some time at half allowance, w' 1 ' in sharp weather men are not able to bear ; and it is therefore proposed, they carry out with them a greater proportion of provisions. " It i^ likewise proposed the fleet lie allowed a fifth Kate Frigat, and two Sloops or sixth-rates, to assisi in the useful parts of Sounding before the fleet, or helping any Ship thai may be distressed by running aground, and also that an Hospital Ship may be allowed for the reception of sick or hurt seamen from the Men of War. ffKJTORICA] MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. !»7 « The Government of England' has allowed 16,000 Seamen for thie Z"-' year, and If 7,000 of them be employed to the Baltick, it will be very jttfl - little or no more charge to England than ifthej wrere all kept in the < lhannel." 1716, May loth. Instructions for Sir John Norris. Given at the ( lourt at St. James's a! this date. 5| pp. The instructions recite the grievances of the British Crown and Merchants againsl the Swedes. The King of Sweden " is now en- deavouring to make himself Master of Norway, the reduction of w 1. Kingdoms we look upon, besides the Loss of the trade of ' Weai Britain thither, tO be the most ready way both to enable him to CUl oil' entirely the Commerce of our Subjects to the Baltick, and to afford him greater opportunity of carrying on those projects, which from good grounds we cannot bui apprehend he is forming againsl the Peace ami Safety of our Kingdomes.'' Then follow specific instructions to Sir John Norris with regard to the reparation he is to demand and to the measures he is to take to enforce it. It' he shall judge the King of Sweden's answer to l>e full and satisfactory, he must then •• use all possible instances to divert the Danes from making an Invasion upon Schonen, and from carrying on any hostile attempt against any other the Territories of Sweden." 1716, May 11th. Lord Townshend to Sir John Norris. from Whitehall. Requesting Admiral Norris to carry the bearer to the Sound and el him ashore at Blsingburg, and on his return to take him on board again and have him landed somewhere near Lubec. 1710, May 12th. Lord Townshend to Sir John Norris. and to Robert Jackson, British Resident at Stockholm. Dated at Whitehall. Copies of two letters (on the same sheet) enclosing duplicate drafts of the memorial (in French) which Sir John Norris was to send by express to the King of Sweden. Mr. Jackson is desired to form a memorial upon the same plan and to the same purpose, to deliver it to the Senate ai Stockholm, and then to transmit to Lord Townshend with all convenient speed an account of the proceedings thereon, and of the answer he receives. 1716, .May 17th. Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated on hoard the Cumberland at the Nore. The writer hopes the Hampshire will join him t0-morrow from Sheerness, and will take the firel opportunity of wind to .-ail on his voyage. The Muscovite -hip- sailed the daj before he came here. 1716, May 18th. Lord Townshend to Sir John Norris. Prom Whitehall. Copy. " The King desires thai Sir John will sail a! theveryfirsl opportunity, and further that, if during his stay in the Baltick, application shoold l»e made to him by the Court of Denmark or by any of Hi- Ministers abroad lor granting a Con\oy to ships carrying provisions lor the Garrison at wismar, he should comply therewith and Bee the said ships safe to Wismar." 1716, June 5th. Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated on board the Cumberland at ELseneur. " 1 waited on his Danish Maj u ai Fredricksberg and made him our Master's compliments. His Ma n was pleased to receive me very favourably, and in discourse with me ask'd if he might know the U '2495:3. O 98 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. purport of my Express to the King of Sweden. I told hini 'twas by the command of the King to press his Swedish Maj'y in the strictest manner to desist from his Enterprises in Norway, and for the Freedom of our Trade in the Baltic!:, ami that I expected a favourable answer . . .... if the King of .Sweden should bo so unreasonable as not to permit any answer to come to me, I shall be in want to know from your LordP how his JNIaj^ will please to have me behave myself. " Mr. Piichler tells me he has writ to England that the Court of Denmark intends a Descent upon Schonen with 20,000 Men who are to intrench themselves there till Troops can be got to strengthen them w I trouble your Lordi' with the inclosed Petition of the Master of one of our Merch* ■ Ships w ch have been detained at Copenhagen by the Danes. I have made application to the Ministers for his Discharge, and they have promised me to be favourable to him " 1716, May 30th. Copy of the humble petition of Robert Curson. En- closed in the last. 1| pp. The petitioner is master of the Adventure of Wells which is princi- pally owned by himself and Mr. John Buckler of Wells. Last March when bound from Coningsberg to London the said ship was taken by a Swedish Privateer. It was recaptured by a Danish Frigate and carried to Copenhagen where it has been detained ever since because he refuses to pay the Danes one fourth of the value of the ship and cargo as salvage. Wherefore he humbly begs " that he may have liberty to prosecute his voyage without being obliged to answer the demand above-mentioned, since our Royal Master is at peace both with the King of Denmark and Sweden." 1716, June 11th. Copy of a letter in French from Mons 1 ' de Puckler to Admiral Norris. Dated at Copenhagen and enclosed " In Sir John Norris's of 1 st June 1716." The writer, on behalf of the King of Denmark, wishes the British Admiral to station his squadron between Carlscrona and Bernholm, or between Maen and Dornsbusch, so as to protect the vessels that are coining from Pomerania Mecklenbourg and Holstein. Their arrival is much needed both for fitting out the fleet, and for victualling the fleet and Copenhagen. 1716, June 13th. Robert Jackson to Sir John Norris. Dated at Stockholm. Copy H pp. " On Monday morning last the Holstein Privy Councillor Count Vander Nath arrived here in town from Wennersboig, a place about 20 Leagues from the King of Sweden's Camp at Swinesund, and 1 chanced to meet him the same Afternoon at Court, where after the usual Civility I inquired if he had not seen Mons r Stambke, when he made no dilficulty to own that he left him at Wennersberg this day se'night, and seemed to believe he might still be att the same place, for he told me that while Baron Gortz the Holstein Treasurer and himself were regu- lating some matters at Wennersbourg, which the said Count Vander Nath went down on purpose to confer with him about, Mons 1 ' Stambke came to the same place in his way to the King of Sweden's Camp, ami getting notice of their being there he immediately came to them, and acquainted Baron Gortz of his having some Letters to the King from you, when the said Baron demanding to sec the Copys, and Mons 1 ' Stambke telling him he had received none from you, the Baron would not suffer him to proceed any further, but told him that as he was himself returning the same Day to the King of Sweden, he would let him know as soon as possible when it might be his Maj 8 pleasure historical M.\My imits comnssioR 99 to permit him to come to him, bo thai i cannot bul conclude Mr. Stambke ; will be some time detained, and consequently that you will not see him mss. so very suddenly." 1716, June L5th. Lord Townshend to Sir John Norris. Copy. 1 1 PP- Lord Townshend i the King 3 approval of Sir John a ha i Btrictly followed his instructions and Btatea thai in the King's ..pinion he should station his Bquadron at Bornholm or some other place near Carlscroon so as to have a watchful eye on the Swedish Fleet and enable the Dutch Squadron to proceed securely up the Baltic with the Trade. 1716, June 19th. Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated on hoard the Cumberland at Elseneur. A Bigned Duplicate. 4 pp. "My Lord I rec d a Letter from his Danish MajfSee* of State, M r Schesledt, desiring me to attend his Maj'. v at Fredricksburg the IS 11 ' which 1 accordingly did, and acquainted him that I had ree' 1 Letters from Mr. Jackson, and was in hopes, since the Swedes permitted them to come to me, soon to receive some Answer from his Swedish Maj ,v to the Memorial. But the King of Denmark believing the Swedish Fled at Sea press'd very much that I wou'd, in the meantime, move with the Squadron towards the Bay of Ruyke and the Meun ; in order to be a Countenance to Ids Men of War, who could then cruise, and secure the bringing his Troops and Provisions to the Island of Zeelahd for the intended descent upon Schoncn, which they are earnestly desirous to put in execution as soon as possible. I made as civil an excuse as I could; telling his .M;\j'> that while ] waited for the King of Sweden's Answer, I could not remove from where I ride, unless the Swedes made any Attack upon his Countries which should require my Assistance in his Defence. This did not satisfie the King, who told me he had been given to understand I was to assist as well as to defend him " 1716, Jure 23rd. Cony of a Statement of Thomas Hall, Master of the Ship Prosperity of Hull, made onboard the Cumberland at Elseneur. Enclosed in the next. " Captain Hall states that he left Stockholm ten days ago, that 'twas reported there the Swedes were preparing to send an Army into Schoncn, and that he saw three Regiments of Horse on their way thither," etc. 1716, June 26th. Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated on Board the Cumberland at Elseneur. n I sent to the Governour of Elsinburg a letter for Mr. Jackson, importing only the ree' of his, desiring it might go by that day's post to Stockholm. The Governour received the letter, and sent me his assurances he would forward it, and that there was no answer come from the King of Sweden to the memorial, hut [he] would not let any Officer land, bul talked to him at the Boat, and said it was the King of Sweden's orders so to do " 1716, June 30th. l'lie same to the same. Dated on hoard the Cum- berland at Elseneur. 2\ pp. « The Danes and Muscovites have nothing so much to wish for, as that we may he engaged alone with the Swedes j in w 'action let the advantage be as it will, we Bhall he both so disabled, as that after it they will be entire masters of these seas and have their own advantage to pursue it at pleasure 1 have not any return to the Memorial, and every body here is of opinion, the King of Sweden will not come to any terms .....,.." 100 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1716, July 3rd. Cjppy of a despatch from Lord Townshend to Sir John Norris. Unsigned. l| p. ". . . . The King has ordered me to lei you know that in case the Swedish fleet be oui otpnrt, or i?i such a station as may endanger the Trade, then you arc- to joyn'such a detachment of your squadron with the Dutch, ;is you shall judge sufficient to oppose any attempt of the Swedes upon our Merchant men ; and since upon detaching a squadron of such a Force as may be requisite to protect our Commerce, you will be so much weakened, that youi lying longer in the Sound may expose you to Insults from the Swedes, the King thinks it best you should go with the rest of his fleet to the Bay of Kiog or to such other station as you shall judge convenient and seciu'e to wait for the King of Sweden's answer. And in case you have any apprehension of danger to the Squadron remaining with you from the superior strength of the Swedes, it is His Majes tie's pleasure that you should joyn the fleet of Denmark for your better security. And as the King of Sweden has hitherto pro- tracted his returning an answer, and probably will not <>ive any, his Majesty therefore directs that you should not give any hindrance to the Danes in their descent upon Schonen either by representations or other- wise." Same date. The same to the same. Copy 3 pp. ". . . . His Majty is well assured that the Swedish Minister at Paris has concluded a Treaty with the Rebels in France, by which they are to be admitted into the service of the Ks of Sweden in the same rank and Station as they enjoyed respectively under the Pretender it is his pleasure that in case the Fleet of Sweden should advance I o attack that of Denmark, or otherwise to defeat the descent on Schonen, you should join with the Danes in giving them Battle, and in opposing their designs by all means possible. His Mat- Vs intentions being that you should observe no measures towards Sweden in any case where the assistance of his Fleet shall be necessary to deprive them of any signal advantage, or where your joyning the Danes may procure them some signal advantage over Sweden. But without one or the other of these two cases you are not to give the Danes such a degree of assistance a me be interpreted to amount to an open rupture with Sweden. I am," &c. 1716, July -^^' Copy of Additional Instructions to Sir John Norris. " Given at our Court at Osnaburg." Docqueted "In Mr. Stan- hope's of 21 July, 1716." 3^ pp. These instructions are, concert with the Dutch squadron to convoy the merchant men so far to the eastward of the Swedish fleet that they may safely reach their destinations under a detachment sufficient to protect them from Caper.-* and other Frigates, and then with tin.' main body of the joint fleet to watch the Swedish fleet and to execute reprisals Further to request the King of Denmark to order a strong squadron of his ships to join the joint fleet and to give him assurances of being ready to act in concert with the Danish Squadron to oblige the Swedish fleet to retire into their ports. 1716, Nov. ^tj. Sir John Norris " to Mr. Sec? Schestedt." Copy. Dated at Copenhagen and enclosed in Sir John's letter to Lord Towns- hend on the following day. .. gj r ;\iy Royal Master having commanded me to put a Squadron oi his ships in a Condition to remain in thise parts some time longer, and HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. ]<)! finding il absolutely necessary for that End, thai a Quantity of Bread, m,,,,,, besides other Provisions should be provided, I directed our Commissary '' '\,\ to endeavour to procure the same. He has accordingly ingag'd two —' hundred barrels of Wheal flown-, Iml as he informs me be is unable to bring il into Copenhagen without payings Duty, 1 humbly request you will be pleas'd to represent the same to his Maj% and as il ia not for Merchandizing but the Qse of my Master's Bhips, he will be pleas'd to grant thai the said flower, oa well a-^ whal other Provisiona il maj be necessary to procure for tint' Squadron while in these parts, may be free of any Duty or Douaine; the like flower [? favour] having been always granted by the Crowna of Spain and Portugal when our fleets were useful there. And for avoiding anj fraud to the Crown of Denmark by this favour, I have given directions by our Commissary, .Mr. Vere who is the Bearer of this Letter to give you what Testimony you please, • •idler upon hi^ honour or Oath, thai whatever Provisions he sh:ill pro- cure will h" only for our Muster's Service, and Mr. Clevland who h&S the honour to command in chief the said Squadron will likewise assure yon of the same from time to time as it shall be necessarv I am Ac. .1. N." 3rd 1716, Nov. tj-j. Sir John Norris to Secretary Stanhope. Dated at Copenhagen. Copy. Enclosed in the next. 2f pp. "Since my last of the 30 th October, the Dutch Men of War with all their Trade arrived here, and all the Merchant Men will he filear'd by tomorrow at Elseneur for leaving this Country and I shall accordingly take the first opportunity of Wind to sail to ours. " I have not been favoured with any of yours since that, of the fourteenth last Mi, nth, hut Mr. Bothmar having shewn me his Letters, thai you would send me his Maj to Commands by Major Pinbo for leaving -i\ Ship- under Captain Clevland in these Seas tor some time Longer, I shall perform the same tho' your Orders do not come to my hands, and if his Maj'- V will permit me humbly to name a time proper tor their return from these parts, I believe the 20 th of December will lie a- long as they can well stay for the; Ice " P.S. — I have only time to acquaint you Major Finbo is just arrived, and that by next I'os' i .-hall send you an Account of all our Pro- cce lings. I have likewise received a Message from M 1 ' Schestedt that their Court has consented to my request of the Provisions." Same date. Sir John Norris to Lord Townshend. Dated a' Copen- hagen. •• My Lord — 1 had the honour of writing to your L''i' the L'S' 1 ' of last Month, and came to this place with OUT Men of Wat' and Trade next day, when i received the favour of your Letter of the J)"' past, and am very glad my behaviour has met with his Royal Highness's approbation. ■• for the present State of our Affairs here 1 pray leave to refer your Loidt' to the cnclos'd copies of what I write Mr. Sec? Stanhope by this Lost, and am with the greatest Respect etc. "Jn. Nobris." 171t>. Nov. Ith. 'I'he same to the same. Dated " off Copenhagen." " My Lord 1 have only to trouble your Ldp with the inclosed copy of my letter of this date to Mr. Scc M Stanhope of my Orders to Captain Clevland, and to acquaint vou I am now under sail in older to make the i>e>t of my way for England. I am with great respect, etc. •• John Nobris " Same date. The .-ante I.. Secretary Stanhope. Dated at Copen- hagen. Enclosed in the last. Copy. 11 pp. 102 HISTORICAL MAN1 S< R1PTS COMMISSION; Enclosing the writer's Instructions for Capt. Clevland and begging that further instructions may be sent to the latter to rectify whatever the writer may have omitted. Same date. Copy of Instructions from Sir John Norris Admiral of the Blue, etc. "To William Clevland, Esq., Command 1 ' in Chief' of the Squadron of his Majestie's ships to be employed upon the Coast of Norway," Enclosed with the last. 2.1 pp. These orders are ; To wait at Copenhagen till the 30 th of Nov 1 for his Majesty's commands; to inform Mr. Stanhope of this, and to ob ty the instructions he will send, to open despatches arriving for Sir John is, and communicate them to Lord Polwarth and Mr. Bothmar, ctc^ 17];", Jan. 9th. William Thomson, Recorder of London, to Lord Townshend. « My Lord, I am obliged to trouble your Lordship once more on the behalf of John Wild who was repreived to wensday next. He persisted in his innocence to the last not knowing of his repreive, I presume your Lordship will please to mention it to the King that he may be repreived till further orders, and that you will please to signifie his Majesty's intentions to the Sheriffs or myself in a letter to that purpose. I am" etc. 17] ;";, March 8th. Walter Etherington to Lord Townshend. "Prin- cipal Secretary of State." The writer has brought Lieut. Cunningham to make affidavit against Francis Hamond, Governor of Landguard Fort, and Mathew Draper his Deputy, who put him under arrest for 24 hours for drinking the health of the Duke of Marlborough on the 31st of December last. [1716, July.] Proposed alterations in the Cabinet. In French and undated. The Duke of Devonshire to be President of the Council with 1 he salary of 3500 pounds sterling a year which ought to be drawn in part from the pension of the Duke of Argyle and in part from the profits of the Privy Seal which Lord Sunderland is willing to surrender for this purpose. Lord Sunderland to be Keeper of the Privy Seal without Salary and to have sole charge as Vice Treasurer of Ireland. The Duke of Kent to bo Lord Steward of the Household [(hand Maifre] in the place of Ihe Duke of Devonshire. The Duke of Kingston to be Master of the Horse [Grand Ecuyer]. Mr. [Francis] Negus to be Master of the Horse under the Duke of Kingston. Mr. [Conyers] Darcy to be Master of the Buckbounds. The Duke of Montrose to be Lord Clerk Register [Greffier] to land, in the place of Lord Isla. Lord Tankcrville to be a Lord in Waiting [Seigneur de la chambro ,|u Roy] in the place of the Duke of Kent. Lor*! Leicei ter to be a Lord in Waiting in the place, of Lord Orrery. Lord Haversham to be Keeper of the King's Forests south of Trent, in the place of Lord Tankcrville. Lord Cobham to be Constable of Windsor Castle, in the place of the Duke of Kent. 1716, July 22nd. A letter to Mons r dTbberville from the Conseil de Marine "v. 1, a Memorial on the Insults they say the English Fishermen on the Coasts of Fiance and England do the French Fishermen on the afores d Coasts." In French, 1 page. [ISTORICAI MAN1 Si RIPTS I OMMISSION. 103 1716, Nov. 11th. Lord Sunderland to Lord Townshend, Dated at Gohre In Holland and anaddressed. " v \; •• My Lord—My giving your Ld* this trouble, is occasion 'd by M r Stanhop's baying shi wn me, a Letter ho has writt to you, by the King's express < lommand, apon the Bubiect of the French Treaty, and the delaj - in the signing of it. four Lords may remember that al die beginning of this negotiation with Prance 1 was very much against it, apprehending i( was an artifice onely of the French Party in Holland, to avoid the Treaty with the Emperour, and to sow disunion among the Allies, how- ever when 1 left England, I saw plainly the Torrent was for carrying on i be negotiation ; I knew no more till I came hither of this affair, bul i what 1 had from common news, and reports in the Low Countries, and therefore upon the same generall notion, I writt my opinion to your LdP in generall still to the same effect, whilst 1 was at Aix. Butt upon my arrival] here, and M r Secretary Stanhop's having acquainted mc with the Treaty itself, and every step thai had been taken in it ; I was entirely convine'd thai no negotiation had ever been managed with more pains and prudence, nor no Treaty ever brought to a, Conclusion more glorious, nor more advantageous to the King and England ; especially under the circumstances Europe is like to be in, by these proceedings of the Czar, the King of Prussia, &c. which very probably may make France, take a pretence Prom these delays, to avoid signing at last, and what is more yett Is, that the occasions of this delay, leave it in the power of France to say it is not their fault. 1 am sincerely concern'd at any thing that maybe preiudiciall to the King's service, and particularly at any thing that happens that may nott rightly be understood among those in his service, that allways have, ami allways ought to act cordially together; and that is the -ingle reason why 1 say any thiug upon so unpleasant a snbiect. 1 must therefore be so plain as to tell you that I never saw the Kin;: resenl any thing so much as this affair, in which he thinks, notl only M r Secretary Stanhope butt himself nott well us'd; and indeed 1 think, it wants to be explain'd ; 1 must nott omitt too acquainting your LdP that the King is very much surpris'd at the strange notion that seems at present to prevail, as if the Parliament was not to concern themselves in any thing that happens in these parts of the world, which he looks upon, nott onely as exposing him to all kind of affronts, but even 1o mine ; and indeed this notion is nothing butt the old Tory one, tint England can subsist by it-ell', whatever becomes of the rest of Europe, which has been so iustly exploded by the Wigs, ever since the Revolu- tion, f am very sensible, that upon many accounts it might have been more prudent in me nott to have mention'd these things, butt the King's Bervioe, a id the supporting the right interest, and the union of those in his service depend so much upon these things being rightly understood, that I could notl have answer'd it to my self, if 1 had nott troubled you a| boul ] this, — you will take it is, 1 am sure [mosll sincerely meant, by him that is with [the] greatest truth and respect — .My Lord — y r LdP' s — Mo t obedient humble servant ■ : Si m>:.::i. \ni>." [1716.] ' ; Copy of the K«« lett 1 ' to the Prince [of Wales] containing the restrictions laid upon him in his Regency." [ In French. 6\ pp.] 1716. [Draft] Letters from Lord Townshend to [the Pensionary] M r Secretary Stanhope, Horatio Walpole, Ac, ' » v 10"', 1 7 { ; ; to Dec' II th 1716. j In a card board cover.] The. latest of these letters is addressed to Secretarj Stanhope and encloses a letter in French, for him to hand to the King, in which Lord Townshend accepts his dismissal and declines the Lord Jjieutenantship of Ireland. 104, HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1716-1717- "Copies of letters relating to the change of Ministry in 1716-1717, From Lord Townshend, Mr. Walpole, &c." Iu book form. On the cover is the following memorandum : — "1 know this to be in the handwriting of the Rev' 1 Tho 8 Patrick Young who was a Prebendary of Westminster and Rector of North Church Herts — Townshend & Leicester — April 1808." 1716-1724. A packet of ten letters described on their cover as • Curious letters from Lord Bolingbroke to Lords Townshend & Har- «-ourt — belonging to the Marquis Townshend." These letters have been printed by Archdeacon Coxe in his Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole. 1. The first is undated, unsigned, and unaddressed, and is apparently in a Secretary's handwriting. 1| pp. 2. " Paris le 16 Mars 1716." In French. Unsigned and unaddressed. 1 p. 3. "Paris Dec: the 17 th 1723." Probably to Lord Harcourt. Un- addressed. 4 pp. 4. "Paris Dec : the 28 th 1723." Unsigned and unaddressed. En- dorsed, " From Lord Bolingbroke to L d Harcourt." 6{ pp. 5. " Dec. 29 1723." Unsigned and unaddressed. In the same hand- writing as the 1st letter. 3 pp. 6. " Paris Dec : the 29 th 1723." Address obliterated. Signed " B." Lord Bolingbroke to Lord Townshend? 2 pp. 7 and 8. "30 Dec 1723." Unsigned and unaddressed, with cipher names and cipher figures. Lord Bolingbroke to Lord Harcourt. It is accompanied by a deciphered rendering in the same handwriting as the letters 1 and 5. 2 pp. 9. " Jan. 12, 1724." Unsigned and unaddressed. In cipher. Hfpp. 10. " Feb. 3, 1724." Unsigned and unaddressed. In cipher. 6 pp. 1717, April 9th. General Stanhope, Secretary of State, to Lord Townshend. Dated at the Cockpitt. " My lord — the King judging it for his service to dispense with your lordship's service as lord lieut* of Ireland I am commanded to signirle his Ma ties pleasure to your lordship upon it, his Ma*? is sorry that many circumstances render this alteration necessary at present be commands me l<> assure your lordship that he will never forget your past services and von'l give me leave to say that I shall he, very gladd of an occatiou of writing to your lordship upon a more agreable subject as being with great respect — my lord — your lordship's most humble and most obedient servant " James Stanhope." [1720.] The extract of a Project sent by Count Bernsdorf to Count Zinzendorf. [Undated.] "The disgusted Whiggshave endevoured to convince his Majesty that the Cabal designe to alter the Constitution, to destroy the present Establishment and the Quadruple Alliance, which was formed for the Security of both, but it seems now they intend that Allians[e] only to secure themselves in their Places, the better to enable them to run the Nation into an Aristocracy as appears by the Frame of the South Sea Bill. "That the Cabal designe to amuse his Majesty with a Peace in the South in the same Manner as they have done that of the North, but in the end will order it so as to establish themselves, and be aide for the future to give Laws to the King and his Son, and even to remove him when they shall think Proper. "That they will be condescending to France and Spain the better to secure the Intrest of those two Crowns by whose Power they intend to HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. foa keep the Czar from a Peace iu the North till bucIi time u# they can he T ,\Vs in n Condition to enable him i<> disturbe the Peace of the Empire. x,s,s - u The disgusted Party offer to countermine the designes of the Caball affer [sir] the following method. " 1o give good Termes to Spain l>\ which means they hope to secure the South Sea Tradi' the better to enable that Company to furnish bis -Majesty with two or three Millions independent of Parliament if his affairs abroad should require it. "By this means his Majesty may bring the Cza*r and other Northern Princes to be at his Devotion and keep them in his Intrest. "To scrim- the 1'eace of the North and the Empire for the future they propose to advance Money to King Augustus to buye off tbe Crown General! and some other considerable Palatines in order to make Poland Hereditary by which means they would also be able to keep the Power of France within bounds. " That it would he more for the intrest of his Majesty and the Nation to make an Addition to his German Dominions by the Purchase of some Country contiguous to his present Teritories which would enable him to hold the Ballance between the Northern Powers better then hy sending a Fleet yearly to the Baltiek which gives umbrage to the People. " France will undertake no new Warr during this Minority, con- sequently his Majesty in conjunction with his Imperial Majesty may the easier put these Schcams in execution. "As the present Cabal is made up of two Classes of Men entirely resigned to the will and direction of two or three at most, and as the one class are men of birth but no experience all miscarriages may be laid at their dore, and the lat[t]er being men of some experience bul no birth there can be no difficulty to bring them to Justice to make an attonement to the People, thai when their indirect practices and mis- carriages are laid open it is presumed none either at home or abroad will appear in their favour. " It is conceaved his Majesty must not delay long to give attention to this Schearae because to defer it to the next Sessions will be dangerous. " Your Excellency may see that it is the opinion of most of our friends as well as onr owne that there is a necessity to chaing[e], and as the persons that offer this project are of consequence, and promise sincerely to stand by his Majesty he may safely give into them. It is true the regent may he dubious, but as Ik; has Views of his owne he will at least stand neuter, however 1 am certain that his Majesty will be much better in the hands of these new projectors then where he is at present. "The King must dissemble and take no notice of their proceedings towards us which will give US the better opeitunity to provide ourselves with honest men, probably the measure that was formed against as may be improved to our advantage. This soiner will in all likelyhood he spent in Treaties (you know our mouthes are shutt up,) therefore it would be very proper to hasten an Imperial Minister here to observe their motions, and to find out what Clandestin measure may lie carried on with France which if not timely discovered may tend to the preju- dice of both our Mastiers, you are sencihle how dangerous 'tis to trusl Ministers abandoned to their pleasure for such have more then once been corrupted by France. "Thank God we have persons that will countorpoyse and a-sist the King to disapoynt them. •• [nsteed of performing their promise to push forwards and to assisl the King to cutt of [f ] all dependauce they relent, and in all likelyhood will spend eight mouthes lime doing that which might be done in three, however 1 hope their designes will he brought to light and the 106 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. eyes of the People will be opened, which will give the King an oper- ttinity to part with them with honour and Reputation to himselfe, by sabstituting the following persons : S r Peter King Lord Keeper I >uke of Somersctt Master of the Horse Duke of Devonshire Groom of the Stole Duke of Rutland Master of the Ilousehould Duke of Chandois first Lord of the Treasury or in case he refuses L 1 Pembrqok Lord Or ford in his former Place Lord Coupcr President of the Council! Lord Stanhop[e] Privy Scale or Gcncrall of the Hon e M r Methwin Secretary of State Lord Carlton Secretary of State Lord Sunderland L cl Livetenant of Ireland Lord Townshend in Lord Linco[l]n's place M r Y\ r alpole Chancelor of the Exchequer Duke of Argile may keep his place or chojVJse to be Generall of the Foot. There will be rome left for 5 or 6 of the leading county Tories to conic in for the rest of the places and in case they refuse the other country gentlemen of god es'teame and estates, that will accept of the King's Favours. "D. C. [David Crawford?]" 1720-1729. Miscellanies of Foreign Correspondence from the 1 \ c " Nov r 1720 to 8 th Nov 1- 1729. In a cardboard cover. [After 1720]. "List of the Attendance of the R ht Hon We the late Earl of Stanhope on his Journey, and during his Residing at Hannover." [Undated 3^ pp.] 17 2 , 1, Jan. 4th. Lord Irwin to George Treby. Dated " Whensday Morning" and enclosed in the next. Endorsed " L d Irwin to Secry at War in his of 6 Jan." The writer states that he is sending papers to justify the action of Quartermaster Thompson, and he concludes : " I had waited on you my .self but am not yet. able to waike. I'm S r — Your verry humble and obediant Servant. "Irwin." [P.S.] " the Quarter Master is a relation of M r Methuen's and I doe as- sure you of as good a charrecter as any young fellow in the Kings serviss. I send you likewise M 1 Taylor's letter desireing such a force which I beg you will not loose." 17;-;',', Jan. 6th. George Treby to the IV Ilon blc James Craggs. From Whitehall. Endorsed ,; Secretary at War — with an ace 1 of what was done by L 1 Irwin's Dragoons in assisting the Custome Officers at Wey- mouth.'' 17?,°, Feb. 9th. Lord Townshend to Colonel William Stanhope, after- wards Earl of Harrington. From Whitehall. " Sir — The King having been pleas'd to honour me with the Seals I can with great truth assure ych thai il i a very great mortification to me to Hud my self under a necessity of beginning our correspondence by condoleing with you on the death of Lord Stanhope. You have lost in him a very kind and sincere friend and relation, and the King an able and faithfull servant at a junc- ture when he had great occasion for his help and assistance. I heartily • ISTORICAL MANUSCKIPTS COMMISSI* 1<>7 wish I could say anything to yon upon (his melancholy occasion thai ., M y might .give yon ease and relief under your present affliction, for tho' I mss.** 1 have not the happiness of being personally acquainted with yon. j your character and the services you have done tlic King in tin- stations you arc in arc so well known to me, that I can without Battery assure yon that yon may upon all occasions command my best services. It is a great addition to onr present misfortune that M'Craggsis fall'n ill of die small pox and I fear is in -Mine danger. I have not seen your tasl letters; [ am told they are before the King from whom 1 have nothing in particular ;ii present in command lor you, but believe 1 shall dispatch a messenger to you in a few days. 1 have therefore now nothing further lo add but only to lett you know that I lis Ma ,v is resolvd to pursue the Bame measures and to support steadily all the engagements he is entred into, and you may assure both the Manp Seotti and Mens' ( irimaldi that. His ?da' v •will persevere in the same favourable intentions toward bis Catholick Ma ,v and wishes most earnestly to see a firm and lasting friendship and correspondence settled between the two crowns. I am with the greatest respect otr, "TOWNSIIKX!)." 1721, Feb. 14th. Copy of a letter from the Emperor Charles XI. to King George I. Dated at Vienna. In German. 8 pp. 1721, March /gtli. Copy of a letter from King George I. to the Emperor Charles VI. In German. 10 pp. 17-1, March loth. Bill of extraordinary expenses of Robert Jack- son, Envoy to Sweden. From December 25th 1720to March 25th 1721. Dated at Stockholm. The amount claimed is .€99 of which £30 is for postage. Minuted at fool " Whitehall; 6 June 1721—1 allow this Bill. '•"TOWNSHEND." 1721, April 1st. Translation of M r Rcnard's Letter to my Lord Townshend. Dated at Amsterdam. 3 pp. The writer forwards a list of the effects of the late Directors of the South Sea Company that he has seized as his Majesty's Agent, viz. : — In the hands of George Clifford & Company 243,540 Florins in divers hpnds upon Silesia, and a year's interest thereon at 8 per cent., due to Sir Theodore Jan sen, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Charles Joye, Robert Knight, Richard Horsey, and John Gore . . . Andrew Pels and Company de- clare that Sir Theodore Jansscn has transferred to them 10,000'" South Sea Stock which they are to restore him .... Henry Termitten declares that Sir Theodore Jansscn has transferred for his account to M'' Christopher Van Brants 4,400" South Sea Stock .... Mark Cockv declares that Sir Theodore Janssen has transferred to him 9000 u South S. a Stock, and 3000" more of the said Stock, for his account, to Nicholas Dirckensj but that Sir Jansscn has laid hold of 103,900 Florins belonging to him, Mark Cocky, as a deposit for the said Stock. ". . . . here is an instance of what passes in relation to the Quaran- taine of Ships that come from France. A French ship from Bayonne bound for Amsterdam put into Ireland and there received on board five men, the King's subjects, who Mere to search this ship and remain on board during the Quarnntaine : but the French Captain being unwilling to wait so long, would have sent the Irish ov h ire, where th< ir country- men refused to admitt them ; so that these five mi a were obliged to re- imbark in the French vessel, which brought them hither and hi re they landed without performing anyQuarantaine. These poor people came to !i>s HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. me to help them to :i passage home. I sent them to the Resident Da-yrolle ai the Hague, to be examined. •■One sees by this instance that Quarantaine is better observed in Great Britain than here." 1721, May 19th. " Le Rev de Mons r dc Choisy " to Lord Townsend. Addressed " A Monseigneur — Monseigneur le Comte de Townsend premier Secretaire d'Estat, at his house in Albemarle Street, near Picadili." " Monseignenr — Comme depuis longtemp.s, les pauvres Ministres Refu- giez n'ont rien receu des trois annees, et un mois de pension, qui nous sont maintenant denes pour ee regne ; et comme cela est cause qu'enfin, avec une sante tort mauvaise,je suis deplus dans un tres pressant besoin, manquant mesme des choses les plus necessaires pour la vie ; vous me permettrez, Monseigneur, de vous le representer par cette lettre, esperant que vous aurez quelque compassion d'un Ministre de l'Evangile qui biei> '. pp. The latter part of this letter is dated V c '' ?, 172:: 11 r Nov. "• Same date. The same to the same. From Paris. 141 pp. foolscap. 110 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 172;5. Nov. 8th, 9th, and 10th, N.S. The same to the same. From Paris. 131 pp. 1723, Nov. -;^' h . The same to the same. From Paris. 2§\ pp. 1723, Nov. \[ [ ',- The same to the same. Unsigned and unadressed. 22nd ° Mostly in cipher numbers which are deciphered between the lines. Ahonl the marriage of the Countess of Platens daughter. 1 p. 1723. Nov. ~, ~. The same to the same. Unsigned and un- 2/th 29th addressed. A cipher letter on the same subject as the last. 1 p. 1723, Nov. 27th. Lord Townshend to Horatio Walpole. Unsigned draft. 1723, Nov. . Draft of "Instructions [from the King] sent to Mr. Secretary Walpole for Mr. Horatio Walpole relating to the marriage of the Countess of Platen's daughter. Referred to in M r Secretary Walpole's private letter of the 19" 1 of NovenuV 1723." 1723, Dec. 1st. Horatio Walpole to Lord Townshend. From Parii "Private." 7 pp. Same date. ' The same to the same. From Paris. 15.\- pp. 1723, Dec. 8th. The same. "To the R* Hon 1, ' r Roberl Walpole Esqr." Prom Paris. Copy. 3£ pp. 1723, Dec. 10th, N.S. The same to George Tilson. From Paris. Unaddressed, partly in cipher. 2 pp. Same date. The same to Lord Townshend. From Paris. 2 pp. 1723, Dec. loth, N. S. The same to Robert Walpole. From Paris. 16| pp. 1723, Dec. zJ^-s. The same to the same. From Paris. 54 pp. 22nd * A 172£, Jan. 29th, Lord Townshend to Horatio Walpole. Draft. 2\ pp. 1724, Sept. 27th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. Unaddressed. Dated at Fontainebleau. Endorsed "Rec d by Stone [the messenger] 21 [Sept. O. S]." 2 pp. 1725, April 21st. The same to Lord Townshend. From Paris. 2 pp. 1725, July 20th. Lord Townshend to Stephen Poyntz. From Pvrmont. " Very private and to yourself alone." Copy 4 pp. 1725, Augt. ^-r- The same to Horatio Walpole. From Hanover. ' ° 2/th " Very private." Copy. 18| pp. 1 725, ^"g*- y . The same to Horatio Walpole. From FontaiiH'1 >U ;au . ' bept. 10th x Very private." 19 pp. 1726, March 19th. Count do la Lippe Shaumhourg to George Tilson. From Manheim. In French. Unaddressed. 1 p. 1726, April 10th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Pari.-. Unaddressed. 1 p. 172G, May 6th, N. S. The same to the same. From Paris. Un- addressed. 4 pp. 172G, July 12th. Lord Townshend to Stephen Poyntz. From Whitehall. Unaddressed. "Very private and to yourself alone." Copy. 4 pp. HISTORICAL IIANUSCWPTS COMMISSIOHi 111 1726, August 25th. The same to Horatio Walpole. Prom White- . hall. Draft. 5£ pp. mss. 1726, Augt. 27th. The aine to the Bam "Private." Draft. 4 pp. 172(3, Sept. 1st. Horatio Walpole to Stephen Poyntz. From Fon- tainebleau. Copy senl " with Mr. Walpole'a of the 2 Sept* 17ii<;." l pp, 1726, Sept. 2nd. The same to George Tilson. Prom Fontainebleau. I aaddressed. 3 pp. 1hA 4 Jan. 25th . Sept. 2Srd . Hnn , , , .. *« «. 1 __._»_ 172, ,, ; . , to ■'--.-,- 1/26. Extracts lrom Mr. Stanhope 5 I' cb. jth Oct. 4th letters. [9 sheets foolscap.] 1726, Dec. 11th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. Unaddressed. 1 p. The writer will set out for Calais to-morrow. 1726, — Dec. Projet des propositions a faire a L'Empereur et a rEspagne. Draft in French. 3 A- sheets. 1 7^7. Jan 11th, X. S. Thomas Robinson to George Tilson. From Paris. 2^ pp. 1727, Jan. 13th. Copy of the letter of Cardinal de Fleuryto^Mr. Walpole. In French. .">.[ pp. 1727, Feb. 15th. Thomas Robinson to George Tilson. From Paris. 1 P. 1727, Marcli 12th, N.S. Horatio Walpole to the same. From Paris. . Unaddressed. 3 pp. 1727, March ~ . The same to the same. From Paris. Unaddree sed 2 pp. 1727, March --, . The same to the same. From Pari-. 1 p. loth 1727, March J 1 , 1 . The same to the same. From Paris. 2 pp. 2/ th 1727, April 3rd. A copy of Mr. Walpole's letter to Mr. Finch. From Paris. Enclosed in the next. 3 pp. 1727, April 6th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Paris. Unaddressed. 3 pp. 1727, April 15th. Lord Townshend to Horatio Walpole Unsigned draft. "Very private." "The King expects France to use its utmost efforts against the Emperor, and is very little concerned for their making any vigorous attack upon Spain, there being no fear of the Spaniards taking Gib- raltar which is plentifully supplied with men and necessaries and our Strength at sea being so much superior to theirs — ." 3 pp. 1727, April 22nd. Copy of the reply of Cardinal de Fleury to .Mr. Walpole. From Versailles. In French. I} pp. 1727, April 28th, N.S. Extract of Mr. Walpole's letter to the Duke of Newcastle. From Paris. 7 pp. 1727, April 30th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Paris. Unaddressed. 2 pp. 1727. ^l ;l . v '!. The same to the same, From Paris. Unaddressed, 15th 5 pp. 1 1 2 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess 1727, May 5th. N.S. The same to William Finch. From Paris Tow m1I exd Copy. 2 pp. 1727, May 9th, N.S. The same to the Duke of Newcastle. From Paris. " Private" copy, 5 pp. Same date. The same to George Tilson. From Paris. Unaddressed. 2 pp. 1727, May 1 1th. The same to the same. From Paris. 3 pp. 1727, May — . George Tilson to Horatio Walpole. "Draft of letter in reply to Mr. Walpole's letter to the Duke of Newcastle of May 9 th ." 1 727, May ^-. .. Copy of a letter from Mess 1 ' 3 Walpole and Armstrong To the Duke of Newcastle. From Paris. 5£ pp. 1727, May 24th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Paris 2 pp. 1727, May 27th. Lord Townshend to Horatio Walpole. From Whitehall. " Private." Draft. 7 pp. 1727, May 28th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Paris. 5 pp. Same date. The same to the Duke of Newcastle. From Paris. [3 pp.] Enclosing preliminary articles [12 articles in Latin] for a general peace in Europe. 1727, May 30th, N T . S. The same to the same. From Paris. Copy. 12 pp. 1727, June 1st. The same to George Tilson. From Paris. Uu- addressed 1 p. 1727, June 4th. The same to the same. From Paris. Unaddressed. 1 4 PP- 1727, June 8th. The same to the same. From Paris. Unaddressed. H PP- 1727, June 15th. The same to William Finch. From Paris. 2^ pp. 1727 June 17th. The same to Lord Townshend. From Paris. " Private." [«') pp.] Enclosing advices from the camp before Gibraltar which state that the siege has been turned into a blockade. Same date. The same to the same. From Paris. " Very private." [4 pp.1 Enclosing a " Copy of the separate and secret article of the particular peace between France and Spain concluded at Buenretiros March 23, N. S. 1721." Same date. The same to the same. From Paris. [6 pp.] Enclosing a copy of a letter, in French, from Cardinal de Fleury, dated at Ver- sailles June 14th, 1727. 1727 June 20th, N. S. Ths same to George Tilson. From Paris. H pp- 1727, June 22nd. The same to the same. From Paris. Unaddressed. 2 pp. Same date. The same to Lord Townshend. From Paris [6^ pp.] Kudosing : — I. Copy of a letter, in French, from Mons 1 ' Vandermeer to Mons r Boreel ; dated at Madrid. June 9 th , 1727. U pp. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS commission. 113 2. Copy of a letter, in French, from the Duke de Richelieu to Horatio mu^tess Walpole; dated, at Vienna, June I I"', 1727, X. S. 2 pp. T "\,- ;;. Copy of a letter, in French, from .Moms' de Morville to Horatio Walpole ; dated, al Versailles, Juno 21 8t , 1727, N.S. 1 p. 4. Copy of a letter, in French, from Horatio Walpole to &fons* Van de Meer ; (luted, al i';uis, June 22 nd , 1727. Same date. The same to the same. Prom Paris. '• Private." [2 pp.] Enclosing copy of a letter, in French, from Cardinal de Fleury to Horatio Walpole, and b copy of a project with respecl to the Princes oi ( rermany. 1727, July Kit Ii . Thomas Rohinson to George Tilson. From Paris. 1 p. 1727, July 26th. Horatio Walpole to the same. From Paris. Un- addressed. I pp. 1727 .Iuly_22ud Ordinal de Fi eury to Horatio Walpole. From ' Angt. 2nd Versailles. In French. H pp. 1727, Augt. 9th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Paris. 8 pp. \~U7. Aug. 21st. Lord Townshend to Horatio Walpole. From Whitehall. " Very private." 3 pp. 1727, Sept. 3rd. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Paris. Unaddressed. [1 p. J Enclosing copy of a letter, in French, from Moos'" Kli n to Mons r G[edda ?] ; dated, at Berlin, August 20 th , 1727. 1727, Sept, 6th. N.S. The same to the same. From Paris. Un- addressed. " Part in the Old Cypher." 1* pp. 1727, Sept. 30th. N. S. The same to the Duke of Newcastle. From Fontainebleau. " Very private." Describing the writer's inter- views and correspondence with the Sicilian Priests who had been the King of Spain's advisers, and what he had heard from them about the secret articles of the Treaty of Vienna. Copy. 8 pp. Enclosure (1.) "Translation of the answer from the Sicilian Abbots to Mr. Walpole." Undated. H p. Enclosure (2.) '-Translation of a Note of 20 Sept. 1 " 1727 from the Sicilian Abbots^ to Mr. Walpole." 4 lines. 1727, Oct. 2nd. Horatio Walpole to William Finch. From Fon- tainebleau. [Copy 3.^ pp.") Enclosed in the next. 1 727, Oct. 3rd. The same to George Tilson. From Fontainebleau, 2 pp. 1727, Oct. 12th. George Tilson to Horatio Walpole. From White- hall. Unsigned and unaddressed. [Draft 4^ pp.] Enclosure (1). Copy of a letter, in French, from Baron Dehn to the Duke of Wolfenbuttel ; dated, at Vienna, Sept. 24"' 1727, with a "Postscriptum Secretum." 1) pp. Enclosure (2). Extract from a letter, in French, from Schleunitz to Baron Dehn ; dated at Brunswick, October 3 rd 1727. 2 pp. Enclosure (3). Draft of letter, in French, from Lord Townshend to Prince Keurakin ; dated, at Whitehall, Oct. 12"' 1727, and offering con- dolences on the death of the Prince's father. 2 pp. 1727, Oct. 21st. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Fon- tainebleau. Unaddressed. 4 pp. 1727, Oct. 31st. The same to the same. From Fontainebleau. T T 24953. II HI HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Unaddressed. A few Hues to say that tlio letter and its enclosures of < )et. 12 th never came to hand. 1727, Oct. — . Daniel Preveran to tho same. Undated. The a liter forwarded the packets of letters on the 12"' with several other letters in a basket directed to M* Walpole, and will not fail to write to him by the next post to know if he received it. 1727, Nov. 3rd. Horatio Walpole to Benjamin Kecne. From Fon- tainebleau. In French. Copy. 1«H pp. 1727, Nov. 1th. The same to George Tilscn. From Fontainebleau. Un addressed. 1 pp. 1727, Dec. 13th. Lord Townshend to Horatio Walpole. From Whitehall. Unsigned draft. 1^ pp. 1727, Dec. 25th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. From Paris. Unaddressed. 2 pp. 172.. Jan. s=-j, Lord Marchmont and Charles Whitworth to Lord 5 23rd 3 Townshend. Dated at Camhray and unaddressed. "Private. My Lord Your Lordship may be sure that we shall not make the least step in the important affairs which are now depending, till we have His Majesty's further instructions. " When Mr. Rondeau was in England, having occasion to speak to your Lordship concerning the manufacture of carabrick, which is in a great measure carried on by Protestants at the town of S* Quentin ; your Lordship thought it might be of great advantage to Great Britain if such a manufacture could be set up in it and brought to bear. " Mr. Rondeau, since he came over, has been at S* Quentin, and taken paius to be informed how that matter can be brought about. Your Lordship will see by the inclosed project how that can be done, and will judge if it may be advantageous to Great Britain, and what may be further adviseable to be done in it. " We have sent this by Mr Smith the messenger to Calais. We are my Lord with the greatest respect etc. " Mahchmont, " C. Whitworth." [172.5.] An undated proposal for the revival of the Order of the Knights of the Bath, with a list of the proposed Knights, and with marginal notes in the handwriting of John Anstis. Garter King of Arms. 1 pp. This scheme was carried out and the first Knights of the revived Order were installed on June 17 th 1725. 1725. Correspondence of Horatio Walpole whi.st British Minister in Paris in this year. Bound in four volumes folio. 172;";, Feb. 8th. Copy of His Majesty's letter to the Duke of Bourbon, and the Duke of Bourbon's Answer, 13th March, 1726, N.S. " Mon Cousin, L' Affection que J'ay avec beaucoup de raison pour le Due de Devonshire President de mon Conseil m'engage a. recommander a votre protection un proces qu'il a au conseil de mon bon frere le Roy Tres Chretien pour le succession du feu Comte de Gallway. Sa cause ine paroit si juste que Je me persuade que vous ne trouveres nulle diffi- culte a la favoriser, dont Je vous auray une obligation toute particu- liere. Je suis avec l'estime et l'affection les plus sinceres, Mon Cousin " A S* James le 8 e Votre bon Cousin, Fevrier 172£. " George R.'' " A Mon Cousin le Due le Bourbon." HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1 1 ~- [The Answer of the Duke of Bourbon : — j " Sire, J 'ay receu la lettre que Votre Ma*" m'a fail I'honneur de m*ecrire en faveur de Mons r le Due de Devonshire. J'aj donne ordre qu'on in- struise exactemenl L'aftaire <|iii I'interesse, el loreqn'elle Bera en 6tat d'etre rapportee au R03 j'v donnerai ['attention le phi-- particuliere, et je serai ravi de pouvoir Paire connoitre en cette occasion h v*btre Maj* la disposition oftje serai toujours de 1 ui marquer L'attachemenl respectueux avec lequel Je Buis " Sire, "A Versailles le L3 e De Votre Maj" [votre] Mars 1726. Tres humble el m- " Au Roy de la Grande Bretagne." Ob6issan1 Serviteur" [Bourbon.] 1726, March 4th. Copy of Admiralty orders to Admiral Hosier, Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Maty" Ships employed and to be employed in the West Indies, to take sink burn or otherwise destroy any Ships of War, or Privateers, or Merchant Slaps or Vessels, belonging to the King of Spain or his subjects, the Spaniards having acted hostilities against His Majesty's Subjects at Gibraltar. Signed by, John Oockburne, William Chetwynd, [Sir] John Norris, and J[osiah] Burchett. 172G, March 28th. Copy of a letter from the King to tho Governor of Barbadoes. Enjoining the latter to give every assistance in his power to Admiral Hosier. Given at S' James's, signed by the King and countersigned by the Duke of Newcastle. •• Memd m alike letter was wrote to the Duke of Portland and to the Governor of the Leeward Islands. Dated ut supra." 1726, May 4th. Copy of His Majesty's Letter to the Duke of Bourbon. Mon Cousin, La memoirc que Je conserve du roerite dn feu Comte de Stanhope et des services qu'il m'a rendu, particulierem* en ayant con- tribute a 1'etablissement de 1' Union intime dans laquelle Je suis avec mon bon Frere le Roy tres Chretien m'engage a vous recommander les in- terets de sa famile. Une grande partie de l'heritage qu'il laissa a ses orphelins consistoit en une somme de Cent Quarante Trois Mille Livres on Billets do Banque convcrtis. onsuite en nouveau Comte de Banque [sic], qui furent remis[es] entre les mains du feu Cardinal du Bois a dessein de distinguer cette affaire des autres de meme nature, maisjes papiers s'etant perdus entre les mains du Cardinal, il est arrive que ce qu'on faisoit pour y donner un tour favourable I'a envelopee dans des difficultes, lesquelles si on peut lever par votre interposition de vous en auray beaucoup d'obligation. de suis tres sincerement, " A S* James le 4 e Mon Cousin de May 1726. Votre bon Cousin " A Mon Cousin " Gf.orgk R." le Due de Bourbon." 1726, Juue 12th. P. c. d. S. M. [Marshal Sandroski ?] to . Un- addresseu. A letter in French enclosed in two covers: the inner one addressed to " Monsieur le Comte de Sandroski Mareschal des Camps et armees de S[a] M[ajesteJ C[atholique] et Commandant la Cavalerie it 2 116 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. a P.arcelonno," and the outer one addressed in Spanish tr» Don Phelipe de Sabula &c. Knight of the Order of St. Lago at Madrid. The letter contains polite excuses for not having written sooner etc. 1726, Nov. 11th. Colonel Richard Kane to [George Tilson] ? Dated at Gibraltar and unaddressed. When the King had apprehensions in July 1725 that some design was formed against Gibraltar, Lord Townshend dispatched one of his Majesty's Messengers from Pyrmont to Minorca with the King's Com- mission and Orders for the writer to come from thence and take the Command of that Garrison. Upon his arrival there, in expectation of a blockade, the writer ordered a ship-load of coals for which he desires £235 may be paid to M r Henry Neale and be deducted from the remit- tance of contingencies. 172G, Dec. 27th. Jasper Clayton to the same ? Dated at Portsmouth, unaddressed. The writer thinks it ill timed of Colonel Kane to be anticipating the contingencies when Gibraltar is threatened with a seige. The soldiers arc all on board and the writer hopes they may arrive in good time to support the Garrison his Majesty has been pleased to honour him with the charge of, and which he will defend to the utmost of liis power. 17|f, Feb. 7th, N.S. Richard Poley to George Tilson. Copy. Dated at the Hague. "... I have read with a true pleasure His Majesty's speech and the two addresses, which 1 am persuaded will be no very welcome pieces at Rome, Vienna, or Madrid. I find the House of Commons don't want S' Robert Neufvillc's spur. 1726, June 25th. Copy of Vice Admiral Hosier's Letter to the Duke of Newcastle. — Dated at Bastinentoes. ^ page. Enclosing an account of the Admiral's proceedings since writing from Tiberoon Bay. This account is dated " On board the Bredah at the Bastimentoes the 28 th June 1726." 5 pp. 1726, July 28th. " Copie de la declaration du Sieur Diego Ramos par devant les Alcaldes ordinaires de la Ville de la Trinite de Cuba le 28 Juillet 1726." 4 pp. 1726, Augt. 8th. Copie d'une lettre du Chef d'Escadre Antoine Seranno ; ecrite de la Havane le 8 e Aout 1726." 1^ pp. I72f, Jan. 1st. Sir Charles Wager, R.N., to Lord Townshend. Dated on board the " Kent at Spithead," and unaddressed. " My Lord — I beg leave, before I go away, to give your Lordship my private opinion of the Russians : By all that 1 could perceive, the Russian nation in general, as well as the officers of their Navy, have no inclination at all to have a warr with England, but would much rather choose to have a free commerce, and a better friendship with us, they having no trade by sea with any nation but us and the Dutch, at least not anything considerable : and, by the way, we should be much put to it for hemp, if a warr should break out with them, having no hemp for the Navy, at least very little, but what we have from them; and what we have in store would be exhausted in one year, as S 1 ' Jacob Ac wort li the Survey [o]r, can inform you. Perhaps the Dutch, who cannot subsist without trade, may be suffer'd to carry on a trade, even tho' there should be warr, and it might be refus'd to us : the consequence of thai would be, that Ave must buy our hemp of them, which would raise the clamour of the disaffected at home and be a real prejudice to us. The HISTORICAL MANUSCRIFfS COMMISSION. 117 Court of Russia, are, IIO doubt, intent upon the interest of the Duke of Holstein, but when they find their schemes miscarry 1 think they would easily be perswaded to come into more reasonable ones with a little encouragement in them, for the Duke of Holstein, knowing very well that it is not the interest of the Russian nation to come into a wan- for the Duke ol Holstein' a sake only, who perhaps, will be no relation of theirs when the Czarina is dead ; and there are none of the Russians so blind as not to see that, and therefore J haveaUways thoughl since I saw any thing of that country, that a little friendly invitation would bring them into his Maj [esty]'s schemes which are so much for the quiet and peace of Europe. The Swedes would not then be so backward in coming into the Treaty of Hanover, or need be so dearly bought. Besides, the Russians should, I think be perswaded, bv all means to look upon them- selves as Protestants, least it Religion Bhould once come to be the dis- pute they should take the wrong side. I think their dominions are far too extended, as well for their own safety as the quiet of their neigh- bours, and in a warr 1 think they would be more like to loose ground than gain [any] for both Livonia and Finland on the other side of the gulpli tho' not theirs yet are so depopulated that if armys should come into them againe, they would soon be a desart, and therefore I think it very mueh the interest of Russia to have peace especially with Eng- land, and Holland, but if that cannot be, all trade with Petersburgh should be prevented if possible, but I fear that the Dutch must be per- mitted it, and that we shall want Hemp, tho' 1 hope we shall have enough to hang such as shall appear enemys to their Country. But your Lordship may very justly bid me mind my own business ; and I am sorry to find that some of the Flota are arriv'd, and 1 fear the rest by favour of the bad weather, will escape too ; so that part of my business, 1 doubt, will lie over before J come to my Station. But I hope J shall soon see what the Spaniards are doing, either at Gibraltar or Cadiz : I think the time of year will not admit their making any hasty progress in any of their euterprizes, and therefore hope they will be timely pre- vented and nip'd in the bud, though I would have them be at as much expence about them as possible, that with the help of the Emperor, the Flota that does arrive may be soon unloaded and the mony gone. " I doubt not but Admiral Hosier will have intelligence of the sailing of the Flota from the Havana, and then he will have nothing to do but watch the Galleons. " I shall allways be glad to receive your Lordships Commands, and hope you will pardon the liberty I take in writing so long a letter with so little in it. I am — your Lordship's most obedient Serv 1 k - Ciia. : Wager." " P.S. 3 d Jan- V : The wind is come again to SSW : so that I can not sail." 1727, Jan. 8th. Copy of Letters of Credence from the Elector for John James Zamboni, Envoy to England. Dated at Warsaw. In Latin. 3 pp. The Elector signs as Augustus the Second, King ol Poland. [No date.] An Oath of Allegiance to be sworn by all Bishops in the United Kingdom. l.{ pp. [No date.] "Copy of the Emperor's answer ab' Meclenbourg. — Sent to the Cardinal by a Courier from Vienna." In the handwriting of Mr. Tilson. 2 pp. [No. date.] A paper endorsed, in the handwriting of Mr. Tiison, " Dra 1 of a Declar" on the Conversation with the LTandgrave] of H[essc] CasselL" 2 pp. 118 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. No date. | " Copie des raisons i'aites par M r Ilugetan pour souteuir la defense du Commerce avetc la Fiance et la Holland." \2\ pp. [No date.] Plan d'une Alliance defensive entre S.M. Britannique el S.M. Czarienne. Addressed to Mons r BernstorfF and unsigned. 5 pp. 1727, June r-s . Lord Townshend to King George the Second. Dated at " Osnabrug," two days after the King's accession. Copy in the handwriting of the writer's son Thomas. " May it please Your Ma , . v , At the same time that I take the liberty of condoling with your Ma** upon the unspeakable loss of your late Royal Father, 1 beg leave humbly to assure your Ma** that you have no subject in all your Dominions who wishes more cordially than I do, that your reign may be as prosperous and as glorious as that of any of your greatest and most renown' d predecessors. I came hither hoping I might be of some use to your Mn h " service, and being likewise desirous to pay this mark of respect to my deceased sovereign. I shall return to England with all expedition, in order to lay myself at your Ma tv ' s feet, being with the utmost duty and veneration " Your Ma^' 5 moiii dutifull most obedient and most faithfull servant and subject " Townshend." 1727, July 25th. Earl of Orford (Admiral Russell) to Lord Town- shend. Dated at Chippenham and unaddressed. Written by an amanuensis, and signed by Lord Orford. "My Lord — I was this morning honour'd with a letter from your Lordsr in which you was pleas'd to tell me that it was the King's commands that J shou'd serve him as one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty, but it is my misfortune that from old age and infirmities 1 am wholly incapable of doing that service which I well know that employment requires. I must therefore desire the favour of your LordsP to acquaint his Majesty that 1 have the deepest sense, of duty and acknowledgment for the honour he is pleased to do me, in thinking me capable of performing so p. ( 1727. | "Secrel Articles concluded at Vienna ( in 172.")] between the Emperor and the King of Spain." Five Articles (4 pp.), together with "Reasons thai weir given against the said Article.-" (43^ pp.). The whole stitched, in book form, and endorsed "Translation of the |»;iper rec d from the Sicilian Abbots concerning the Secret Treat) between the Emperor and t ho K. of Spain." The contracting parties : — 1°. Guarantee each other's dominions. 2 . The Emperor obliges himself to press England to restore Gibraltar to Spain. 3 . " [f the King of France dies without leaving a son the Emperor will assist with all his force the King of Spain's right to the Crown of France; or, if the other Powers set the Duke of Orleans on the throne of France, the Emperor will take the French Low Countries, Alsace, and the Franche-Comte of Burgundy, and the King of Spain would unite to the Spanish Monarchy Roussillon, French Cerdaigne, Lower Navarre, and the other countries he might conquer " on the part of the Pirenean Mountains." 4°. Contracts a marriage between the Infante Don Carlos and the eldest Arch Duchess, and the King of Spain obliges himself to maintain the Pragmatic Sanction. 5°. "Their Cesarean 8c Cat* ue Maj ,v ~ foreseeing that the King of England will oppose the execution of such design- as well in regard to his particular interests, as not to loose his Umpireship in Europe, foi which reason he will Undoubtedly engage the English Nation, and unitt the Dutch and other Princes in 'his League, they oblige themselves to seek all methods to restore the Pretend 1- to the Throne of G. Britain ; to which end the Cat[holic] King was to make use of the pretence of the restitution of Gibraltar, which he was to demand immediately as soon as the Peace of Vienna was published." 1727 — . The concluding part of a detailed statement of thestrength of the Prussian Army in this year. From Paris. In French. 4 pp. Note. — The total strength is stated to have been 63,932 men. 1728, March 1st. Baron Munchhausen to Lord Townsheud [?] Un addressed. Dated at Ratisbon, and signed G. A. de Munchhausen. A letter of compliments 3.\ pp. 1728, March 16th. Extract from a Latin Protocol, signed by Waldstettin, stipulating that there shall be a re-investiture of certain Spanish fiefs belonging to the Emperor. . 1728, May 5th. The Marquis of Mouteleone to Lord Peterborough. From Venice. In French. Unaddressed and enclosed in the next. 6 pp. .... Has written from Florence to Lord Townsheud and is writing to the Duke of Newcastle, begging them both to make the South Sea Company promptly pay bis appointments, which were charged by the King his Master on the Assiento, and entreats Lord Peterborough to hasten the payment. ". . . . Today's news is that the Pretender arrived here last night incognito, without the republic being in any way mixed up with his coming; there is no mystery, he only comes to see the City and the Church ceremonies on Ascension Day. . . . 120 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1728. -May 20th. Lord Peterborough to Lord Townshend. Dated at Bath. " My Lord, I thought the best way was to send to your Lordship the Marquis uf Montelconi's letter, I have taken the liberty to tell him 1 was well assured, that no sollieitations were necessary on his behalf either to Sir Rob* AValpole or yourself. " I wish our pacifick endeavors may procure quiet to the world, I am tould our Spanish friends comply very awkardly and with much unwilling - nesse, but give me leave to assure your Lordi' that the King and my friends shall have my best assistance either in peace or war. " My Lord Your most faithfull and affectionate Servant " Peterbokow." 1728, Nov. ~- Horatio Walpole to Charles Delafaye. Dated at 24th Paris, and unaddressed. In the handwriting of George Tilson, and noted by him " Cop : M r Walpole's to M r Delafaye." " Dear Sir — I have received your favour of the 6th (). S. by Whiggs the Messenger on Monday in the afternoon, and last night that of the 7th by the Post. M r Poyntz has been with us these two or three days in expectation of a Courier from Spam ; but he returns this morning with M r S ta Cruz to Soissons, to come hither again with that Gentleman upon the arrival of any Courier from Spain with an account of M r JJournonville's negociation there. In the mean time the Spanish Amb ra have received one with letters dated the 14 th and orders to congratulate their Ma^ s here on the recovery of the French King's health ; and they accordingly went yesterday to Versailles for that pur- pose ; so that now the Court of Spain is freed from all uneasiness and agitation on account of this extraordinary event. It is not doubted but they will seriously consider of the negociations depending, and which were certainly suspended untill the fate of this important Crisis was over. " Mr. Stanhope and I shall go tomorrow to Versailles ; and upon our return shall send you a Messenger with an answer to the D. of New- castle's last dispatches of the 6 th , and with an account of what news may have come bv the last Courier from Spain. I am &c. " H. Walpole " 1728-1729. Despatches of Horatio Walpole from Paris. In card- board cover. 1728 - 1730. A collection of notes from Lord Townshend to the King. In a card board cover. They have been printed by Archdeacon Coxe in his " Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole " pp. 520- 543. The earliest of these notes is dated " 2 July 1728," and the latest " 6 May 1730." On the 8th of May 1730 Lord Townshend surrendered the secretaryship to Lord Harrington. Archdeacon Coxe writes, " It is remarkable that not one of these notes is in the handwriting of Lord Townshend," and he suggests " the reason probably was because the handwriting of Lord Townshend was very indifferent and sometimes almost illegible." The King's replies are uniformly in his own hand- writing, and are generally written on the same paper as Lord Townshend's notes. 1720, May 15th. St. James's. Copy of the King's Letter to I lis most Christian Majesty. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 121 "Monsieur moo Frere. Le Colonel Douglas »Vu retoarnant en France pour Boliciter sea pretensions & votre Cour, je le recommande a votre protection, voua prianl d'ordonner qu'on luy fasse droit, selon ec qui est stipule par la Traitc d'Utrechl Bur les terros en fonds qu'il reclame. Je recevray coinme one marque de eotre amitae* poarmoy cette justice que vous Luy rendres, et Je vous prie d'etre persuade que Je me serviray toujours avec plaisir des occasions de vous donner des preuves de I'estime et de I'affection avec laquelle Je suis. ■• Monsieur Mon Frere Votre lion Frere " Geoege K." 1729, Nov. 4th. Claudio Francesco lie t • Signer Como. DatRd at Paris, and endorsed, "Copie d'une lettre de M r Be, a M r Como." In Italian, to the following effect: — We are expecting new.- next week from Seville about the great matters, although we calculate that Mr. Stanhope may have reached there the 23 l1 or 24* of the past month. Things remain a^ they were, and there is nothing new here except that yesterday five Ministers of the Hanoverian Allies gave the Imperial "Ministers their reply on the point of the guarantee of the Austrian Succession. It is said that the reply which was given viva voce, con- tained neither 'yes' nor 'no.' Politicians here say that it. ought to conclude with a 'No 'and not with a ' Yes.' This is all the current news to-day. This letter is subscribed : — " mi ratificio cou tutto l'animo. " Claudio Franco Re." 1729, Dec. 12th. Copy of a letter from the Marquis D'Aix to the King of Sardinia. In French. 2 pp. 1729, Dec. 22nd. The Due de Broglie to Lord Townshend. In French. Dated in London and uuaddressed. Asking for information as to the reply his Brittanic Majesty has sent to his ministers in Paris touching the guarantee of the succession to the Empire, and asking for an appointment for an interview the next day. 1729, Dec. 23rd. John Couraud to . Unaddressed. " Dear Sir — Mr Delafaye having acquainted me that my Lord Town- shend desired to have all the Dra ts of his LoP 3 Letters to France and Spain during my Lord Duke's absence in Sussex, I send you herewith several, which with those that his LoP has already had are all, I think, that were wrote in that time. I am &c." 1729-1730. Letters from Mess r > Stanhope, Poyntz, Keen, &c. In cardboard cover. 17-;;;, .Ian. llth. Robert Daniel to George Tilson. Dated at Brussels. " .... It is current here that the prevailing party in the United Provinces is for abandoning the Barriere Towns whence some infer there must be some considerable change in agitation [interlined in another hand over the cipher figures SGI. 875. 640. 516. 119. 320. 650] this they interpret in favour of a younger Infant of Spain [inter- lined over 14. 419. 73o. 814. 911. 121. 47.500. 567. 364. M14. 96<> • since nothing else could make the Barriere useless The Princess de Ligne was on the 7 th delivered of a daughter, which baulked for the second time the hopes of a son in that Family . . . ." 17-:;;, dan. 27th. Charles Delafaye to the same. Unaddressed. Eu- dorsedby Mr Tilson, " M' Delafaye — ab< the Spanish Men of Warr.*' 122 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. '* Dear George, — Here is what we can readily find. The remainder MSS. " of your history must be made out by letters from the governor of Port MahoD or of Coi. Stanhope, which I doubt are not in our hands, for my Lord" Cartaiet took most of his papers with him. What, T have from Lord Carpenter is, that the Ships were first sold to the Emperor, and put into the possession of his Coinmissarys at Port Mahon ; that the Spanish Commissary came thither, and would not receive them in the Condition they were in; And then the Emp r ' s Commissary gutted them, and the Ships being at last so spoiled that they were ready to sink and spoil the Harbour, the Governor had them towed out to Sea in shoal water and there sunk where they now lye not worth the weighing. " Yours ever, C. D." " [P.S.] Arc you forestalling the liquidation of the affair w ch is referred to Coinmissarys ?" IT. 1 ;?,, March 17th. James Evelyn to Lord Townshend. Dated in Duke Street and unaddressed. " . . if the persons, who have compiain'd to your Lordship, -will o-ive us an account of what they have paid on account of fees [for Debentures on the exportation of silk manufactures] we shall be very ready to examine whether the Custom house officers have here taken more than the Law allows . . . ." 173|, March 14th. A detailed scheme of the arrangements made for the procession which was to be formed the following day on the marriage of the Princess Royal. 10 pp. 1734, July 18th. An Agenda paper for the Privy Council meeting of this date. Noted by Lord Wilmington with the business disposed of. 1£ pp. 1734, July 20th. Copy of a grant from the King to the Duke o'f Richmond, Duke of Montagu, Duke of Portland, Earl of Lou- doun, and Sir Conyers Darcy, of " all that piece or parcel of Land . . . in the Privy Garden within the precinct of Our Palace of Whitehall containing in length from North to South three hundred and seventy one Feet and in breadth from East to West one hundred and fifty one feet abutting to the West on a piece of wast Ground reserved to erect and build some publick offices upon for Our use. if occasion be and on the street leading from Whitehall Gate to Westminster Hall, and on the garden of Mrs. Jane Lowther, South on an area or open space of ground granted or intended to be granted to the said Earl ot Loudoun, Nathaniel Gould Esq 1 ' and the said Jane Lowther, East on ground in the possession of the said Charles Duke of Richmond John Duke of Montagu and Sir Conyers Darcy, and on a piece of wast ground there, and North on the area before the Banquetting house in Our said Palace . . . : ' " N.B. This is conceiv'd to he an engagement from the Crown to use the above reserved piece of ground for no other purpose but to erect a Publick Office thereon if need be." Endorsed : " Grant of part of the Privy Garden to the D. of Rich- mond &c. July 20"' 1734." 1735 Nov. 3rd. Thomas Robinson, afterwards Lord Grantham, to Horatio Walpole. From Vienna. a sir. If the true explication of things has out come not sooner than by this tnessenger, I cannot, well attribute so late a communication .of them but to the decay of my credit here, nor that decay to any thing but to the more or less part I may have had in the suggestion of the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. l-*> expedient of the marriage. II it was nol the first opening of dial matt* r M£* as of myself in the month of July, it was however the proposal Which J made on the 5 tt of August, thai threw me entirely oul of my seat Bartenstein has the sole power here. Upon the Bishop of Bamberg telling him in a conference que ce rCetoit pas a luy a y parler, mats a ecrire settlement, his highness was forced to quit the Vice presidentship of the Council of war to be Grand Matin to the Empress, and thai for having desired the Emperor In a letter from Italy de s< fier plutSt dam les affaires >/<■ la guerre a sea Generaux qn y a mi Ecrivain. The Prince of Savoy himself is piqued againsl Bartenstein, who however does ami will maintain himself. I musl therefore be humbly desiring that your Excellency will in time think of withdrawing me from hence. 1 do not repine as long as it shall he thought tin' the King's service t<> have me at this Court, and tho' my principal object in view is to get home and to endeavour to think lor myself at this time of day in the quiet manner which 1 have formerly had the honour to explain to your Kxeellency, yet for the sake of leaving this place with a Less appearance of discredit, I could almost he bold enough to show sonic desire of being employed in the future congress, if there should be an occasion for more then one, and you should be at the head of the Embassy. In an old letter from M r Pelham, and written with your knowledge, he says "the Duke [of Newcastle] was pleased to express the greatest affection ami freindship for me, and was ever ready to support in the strongest manner, as were S 1 ' Robert and M[ r Horatio] Walpole, any thing that might be proposed for my honour and credit at Vienna, or for my future ease and satisfaction, that my conduct met with approbation, and my lot consequently to remain here." You know, Sir with what resignation I have been contented with that lot, while it was thought that my being here could be of immediate service ; but without supposing that my continuing here may perhaps prove disserviceable, if circumstances however are such, that 1 can he equally serviceable to the King in another employment, he it never so much superior to my expec- tations or even desires, it would he, I thought, inexcusable in me not to put myself, as the occasion may offer, in a way which by withdrawing me from hence with honour and credit, may also lead to my future east and satisfaction. And this last I can assure Your Excellency will be always so moderate, as never to give rise to the question. What shall we do with him afterwards? The Peace that is to be made with the Empire will authorise the employing of one, who has lived near si>: years at the Imperial Court, and tho' 1 may he thought to aspire to something much beyond my sphere, yet it is in fad looking out for an employment, which in all probability will not be of long duration, and must naturally, if there should he any occasion at all for it, be given to one or other of my foreign Colleagues, amongst whom of the same rank, not one will he found, whose fortune it will have beeu to have born[e] the heat of the day with more zeal and industry than 1 have done. " I beg leave to entrust this affair with Your Excellency singly, and tor God's sake, Sir, stifle the thing in its very infancy, if out of your good- * ness for me, you find it improper for me even to have thought of it, hut should there happen to be room for a second or third person in the ensuing Congress, and Your Excellency should think from my known attachment to you personally, that particularly during your occasional attendance in Parliament, you cannot in any respect leave one that can be more your self, that is, who can more faithfully enter into and carry on your thoughts, 1 will he hold to say you may throw your eyes upon persons of greater distinction and fortune, hut not upon one that can he with a truer and profounder respect than that which makes me more l*2i HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. marquess and more every day of my life— Sir— Your most obedient and most Towvshkxd humble servant. MSS - " T. Robinson." [P.S.] Vienna. 1735 [Nov.] 5 th N.S. " I had written this letter on Thursday morning while I was expecting at leisure to be called to a conference ; but however true the contents of it are as to my situation here, I little thought that the very paper, which according to the inclosed copy of the letter written this day to Your Excellency in cypher I have treated as a modification of my orders of the 13 th past should have fournished so much matter for nourishing Mr. Bartenstein's spleen. " C[oun]tKonigseck was declared Grand Maitre yesterday but with a view, as it is generally thought to take from him in time the Vice presidentship of the Council of war. What is at least certain, the com- mand of an army is incompatible with his new post. " T IJ " 1737, May 14th. Sir William Thomson, Baron of the Exchequer, to Lord' Wilmington [?] Dated in Bloomsbury Square and unaddressed. " My Lord — Your Lordship having done me the honour to enquire concerning the power of trying the person convicted last sessions for a murder in°Newfoundland, I not being then apprised of the Case, could not o'ive your Lordship a satisfactory answer. But as I find the fact was done'upon the Land, and not in any harbour or haven (though thrown into the water there after the death). He was tryed by virtue of a clause in the 10 th & 11 th of K. W m the third, Cap, 25. sect. 13, which gives power to try murders in that country of Newfoundland upon the land & on the islands belonging to it — within any County in England, as if committed within this Realm. But if the fact had been done in any harbour or haven on the water, it would have been otherwise. " I take the liberty of assuring your Lordship, that I have the honour to be with the highest respect, My Lord, etc. " W M Thomson." 1738, July 20th. An Agenda Paper for the Privy Council meeting of this date, with notes on the handwriting of Lord Wilmington. 2* pp. 1738, July 27th. A List of Papers referred at the last Council and other business for the Committee. Noted by Lord Wilmington. 2* PP- 1739, June 25th. Thomas Skottowe to Edward Weston "at the Secretary's Office, London." « I have transcribed his Lordship's [Lord Wilmington's] letter to D[epu]ty L[ieutenan]ts and the Order of Council and have sent them to the only three acting Deputy L ts here (M r Le heup being in London) viz.: Harbord Harbord, Lee Warner, Ja: Host Esq rs . " Sir Edm a Bacon tho' he appear [s] every Sessions would not put pen o paper as a D^ U but tell[sj me he have paid for his Commission which perhaps many others have not. I have been the less obliged to an old acquaintance " 1739, July 15th. Lord Cobham to Lord Wilmington [?] Dated at Stowe and unaddressed. " My Lord, Your Lordship will find by the enclosed the necessity of an election of Jurats in Jersey and that they themselves cannot agree HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION 12"> were it left to tlicir choice whether they would have all or pari. I Mawj need not observe to your Lordship that as little harmony subsists ' "Vis-' > "' amongst them at presenl as formerly; the petition of Badiael the Vis- connt and the Judgment <»t the King and Council h|>cim it la too plaic a proof that six will art illegally ami arbitrarily a- well as twelve. I shall therefore humbly offer it as my opinion that they may be autho- rized to proceed to Election to compleaf the number of the Royal Courl >> 17.39, July — . The Karl of Malton to Lord Wilmington. Undated and unaddressed. Enclosing the next. Endorsed "July 1739." 1739, July 21st. The same to Sir Walter Oalverley, Bart., and M r Ilorton, with reference to an Order in Council about sea-faring men. Dated at Wentworth House. 1739, Augt. 17th. D'- Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham, to Lord Wilmington. " My Lord, In obedience to the commands I had the honor to receive from some of the Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council in their tetter for taking up men for the sea service, I enclose a list of two of His Majesty's .Justices of Peace for this County, of persons sent by them and received by the collector of Sunderland. I believe had the ship continued here, pent down by the Admiralty, many more might have been taken up here and about Newcastle, and delivered aboard, hut there is no detaining men in expectation [of a ship] all I know of certainty is that 1 have the honor to be with a firm attachment My Lord, " Yo r Obedient humble serv* " E. DURESME." 1710. dan. 18th. John Strange (afterwards Attorney General) to Lord Wilmington [?} Unaddressed. " My Lord. — In my Lord Coke's 4 Institute cap. 77 pag[e] 362 then' is nothing said in the text of the book by way of exposition of the words t/n King's nephew in the 31 H. 8 c. 10. But by a reference to the margin they are explained, i.e. the King's grandchilde. But in the lower part of the page which I have; marked with a g^p there i a reference to some Parliament Lolls which he says are full of notable precedents concerning precedency both in respect, of the blood royal and otherwise, for which reason I have troubled your Lordship with the book itself. "If I can he of any further service to your Lordship I hope you will honour me with your commands to your etc. .1. STRANGE." 1740, April 9th. An Agenda paper for the Privy Council meeting of this date. Noted by Lord Wilmington. 1 p. 17 12, April 10th. J. Cure to Lord Wilmington. Dated in Bishops- gate Street. Showing how the remittance of 1*200,000 to Genoa, and £300,000 to Vienna, for the Queen of Hungary's Service, in bills, would derange the exchanges, and recommending that a Man of War be sent to carrj gold from Lisbon to Trieste. 1 pp. 1742, April 17th. A letter from Mons r Du Plan to the King on behalf of the Protestant cause. 1 pp. 1712, May 4th. London. Baron de Wasner, Hungarian Minister in London, to Lord Wilmington, Unaddressed. 120 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. HiUQrEss .. jjy \,nrd — Vous scavez, my Lord, la situation pressante ou S. M tl MSS. la Reyne ma tres graeieux maitresse se trouve, et com men u importe do ne pas perdre un moment de terns pout lui mettre en etat de soutenir les efforts des ennemys qui n'ont pas moins la mine de sa raaison que eette de la liberte de l'Europe pour objet. Dans cette con- sideration je prends la liberte de vous prier, my Lord, de vouloir bien donner vos ordres, pourquoi la somme accordee par le Parlement a Sa Maj w le Roy pour sad[i]te Ma] 1 ' la Reyne puisse m'etre payee au plus tot. " Votre zele si connu pour le bien de vptre patrie et de la cause commune me laisse d'autant moins lieu de douter de la promptitude et de la facilite, que vous voudrez bien y apporter, que my Lord Carteret m'a fait l'honneur de me repeter encore avant hier, que cet argent etoit pret et que je trouve beaucoup de difficultes a faire le remises avec prompti- tude et avantage tant que cette Somme n'est pas payee. '• Si vous permettez my Lord j'aurai l'honneur de vous aller rendrc mes respects ce matin pour vous en parler conjointement avec M r Gore ; et pour vous reiterer de vive voix les assurances de la plus parfaite veneration, avec la quelle je serais a jamais — My Lord — Votre tres-humble et tres-obeissant serviteur. " oe Wasner." 1742, May 7th. R. Salter to the same. Enclosing a scheme for a lottery. [1742]. " An Account of his Majesty's Ministers to Foreign Princes, States, Sec, with the expence of each particular, and the amount of the whole for one year.'' Undated. Given in a tabular form, from which the following rates of pay and allowances are extracted. Earl of Stair, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States General, £100 per week with an extraordinary allowance of £1600 per annum. Envoys Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaries : Thomas Robinson (afterwards Lord Grantham) at Vienna, and the Earl of Hyndford in Prussia, each £8 per diem, with extra allowances of £G00 and £400 respectively. Envoys Extraordinary : Thomas Villiers (afterwards Earl of Clarendon) in Poland ; the Hon. Charles Compton in Portugal ; Walter Titley in Denmark ; Sir Cyril Wich in Russia; the Hon. Robert Trevor (after- wards Lord Hampden) to the States General; and Melchior Guy- Dickens in Sweden ; — each £5 per diem, with extra allowances of from £300 to £600. Arthur Villetes, Envoy at Turin ; Horatio Mann, Envoy at Florence ; and James Cope, Envoy to the Hanse Towns ; each £3 per diem with allowance of £300 or £400. Commissary, James Porter at Vienna £3 per diem. Secretaries : Onslow Burrish at Antwerp, and Anthony Thompson at Paris, each 40 3 per diem. Consuls: Ambrose Stanyford in Algiers, £600 per ann. with £500 extraordinary allowance; William Reade at Tripoli, £3H0 per ann. with £250 allowance; William Latton at Tetuan, £250 per ann.; John Deane in Flanders, £200 per ann. ; John Burn-Parker at Oporto, £500 per ann. ; William Cayley at Faro. £200 per ann. .Ministers of divers natures: John Lay, Resident at Dunkirk, 20 8 per diem ; Charles Hozendorff, and for services, £400 per ann.; Brinley Skinner, till provided for, 30 s per day; Robert Daniel, Agent in the Low Countries, £100 per ann. historical manuscripts commission. 127 Petitions, Memorials, etc. .Mak , 1701-1771. \iw 1701, Dec. 6th. Agreement between the several candidates for the next election for the County <>l Norfolk. Signed bi J. Sough ton foi Mr. Townshend; J. Holland and Jacob Ajatley. 1 page. 17o.">, Oct. 2nd. Copy of an "Order for discommoning several person, of the Corporation of Cambridge." Signed by Sir John Ellys, Vice-Chancellor of the University. The persons discommoned "for violating the rights and priviledges thereof," are the Mayor, .Mr. .lames Fletcher, Aldermen Daniel Dove, and Francis Percy, and the Deputy Recorder John Welbore. ITO.'j . The Case of the Corporation of Cambridge. '•'> pp. 1705, Dee. 24. Abstract of the late Karl of Lonmey's title to [be Keeper of the Palace and Park of] Greenwich, &c. [3 pp.] 1706 to 1711. A collection of undated petitions (many of them in French) referred l>y the Queen and the Treasury to Spencer Compton as Treasurer of I he Queen's Bounties. Some of these petitions arc- noticed further on. 1709, Nov. 25th. A reporl of the Board of Trade, mi the Petition of Sir William Hodges, setting forth that there is -a debt of 80,839| peices of 8 or Dollars (which at 4s. Cv/. each is, 18,188/. 16s. sterling) " due to him and his partners from the Crown of Portugal, and praying that the same may be stopped out of what shall become due from his Majesty to that Crown, or that he may be otherwise relieved. Datedat "Whitehall and signed by the Earl of Stamford, Lord Dartmouth, Philip Meadows, J. Pnlteney, and R. Monckton. " A true copy — Wm. Popple." To this paper is appended a " Memoire touchant l'atfaire de Guillaume Hodges Chevalier Barron et Marchand de Londres et ses Associes," dated 11th Oct. 1709, and witnessed as "a true copy — Chables Delafavk.'' 1709, Dec. 14th. Rev. D r John Robinson, Dean of Windsor, to Spencer Compton, at Whitehall. Dated in London. "S r — At the earnest request of Mademoiselle Lapie I take leave to acquaint you that I have seen attestations setting forth that her father was formerly a Secretary at the Court of France, and that her self rled thence for religion. I allso know that she was for several years at Stockholm, and went under the character of a religious and virtuous woman and has been oft recommended to me as such, by persons of distinction in that place, in order to procure her some relief here, which I verily believe she much wants ; and that if it please Her Mai'- V to extend her charity to the said M™ Lapie it will not be misplac'd. I am with great respect — Sir — your most humble and obed' servant, [No date.] "J. Robinson." The petition of Marie Lapie. Undated and unsigned*. " A la Reyne. " Madam* — Marie Lapie fille d'un Secretaire du Roy de Prance remontre tres humblement a vostre Maieste, quelle est sortie de Paris lieu de sa naissance, depuis vingt cinq ans pour cause de religion et que depuis ee temps elle a vescu avec deux de sa soeurs qu'elle a attire auspres d'elle de Pouvrage de ses mains, sans avoir jamais receu aucun secours de personne, mais comme a present, a force de travailler sa veue est tout a fait atfoiblie, et qu'elle Be trouve dans one extreme 12S HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess necessite, elle so jette ,a vos pieds Madame pour supplier Votre Maieste mss. " de vouloir jetter un regard de compassion sur son ostat qui est des plus triste, et d'ordonner qu'elle soit an nombre des pensionaires qui subsistent par vos beneficiences Royalles, et nlle continuora ses voeus pour la conservation de vostre personne sacree." 1709, Dec. — . A list of the several regm ts of British forces according to seniority. Endorsed " List of the British Forces. — Dec r 1709." H pp. [170^.] Petition of the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trailing into Hudson's Bay. Undated, and endorsed " Hudson's Bay Company's Petition to her Ma tv . Enclosed in their letter of the 17 th Feb 1 ? 17££." The petition details French aggressions on the territories of the Company from the year 1682 and concludes as follows : — " The premises considei*ed, when your Majesty in your high wisdome shall think litt to give peace to those encmys whome your victorious armes have so reduced and humbled and when your Majesty shall judge it for your people's good to enter into a treaty of peace with the French King your petitioners pray that the said Brinco be obliged by such treaty to renounce all right of 'pretensions to the Bay and Streights of Hudson to quitt and surrender all ports and settlements erected by the French or which are now in their possession as likewise not to saiie any shipp or vessell within the lireitts of the Company's Charter and to make restitution of the £10S,514. 19. H, of which they robb'd and dispoyled you[r] petitioners in times of perfect amity between the two kinirdomes. " And yo r pet" as in duty bound shall ever pray, &c." [1710, March 7th]. An undated paper headed '• D r Sacheverell — Extract." 5^ pp. This is a condensed report of a portion of D r Saeheverell's speech in his defence before the House of Lords at this date. 1710, March 14th, N.S. Adam Cardonnel and Horatio Walpole to Spencer Compton (as Treasurer or the Queen's Bounties). Dated at the Hague and unaddressed. '' Sir — Here is a poor gentlewoman M rs Le Bas a vertuous good woman, who it is certain has quitted a reasonable subsistance in Fiance for the sake of her religion, she had a small pension of 15 p lls a year in the late reign as you will see by her Petition, it would be a real act of charity if you would take a fitting opportunity of laying her case favourably before my L r(1 Treasurer that she may be restored to her 15/. a year to find her bread ; we should likewise take it as a particular obligation. We are with great truth and esteem — Sir — Your most faith- full and obed 1 servants. " Ad. Cardonnel. "II. Walpole." 1710, July 4th, O.S. " S r William Hodges and several other merely of London to my Lord Townshcnd, in behalf of the two Spanish Ships going to Buenos Ayres, and taken by the Dutch men of war. " May it please your Ex cv — Wee the subscrihers, in behalfe of ourselves and many others of Her Maj tie ' s subjects trading to Spaine, do render your Ex' v our most humble thankes for so heartily espousing our interest, and that, of the Spaniards, and others concerned in the two un- fortunate Spanish ships, which sayled from Cadi/ for the Buenos Ayres, and were taken by the Dutch and carried to Holland, without any regard HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 120 to her Maj tie ' 3 passes, which were granted for reasons wee .shall not Habqi now trouble your Ex' v with, knowing that you have had them and all TuW >'i- other papers relating to this, nutter, from the Bight l!on bl,> M r Secretary — Boyle, and directions to reclaime the said ships and cargoes; in which the hon r of her Maj* 168 passes, and that branch of our trade (so bene- ficial to this Kingdoinc) is so much concerned; besides the ill con- sequences that may attend the hitter if restitution be not made. " We therefore humbly pray your K\'"' v favor and protection in this ease, which will infinitely oblidgc — My Lord — Yo 1 Ex>" — most obedient and most humble BervantS — Jn° Houblon, William Hodges, P. Porreel, Christop Hayne, Ferd. Mendes, Anthony da Costa, Bog. Braddyll, P. & P. H , Jos. Eodges, E. Terrell, Ben. Ash, Bob 4 Bull, Lw 8 de Dorpere, Tho s Heme, Fran. Beuzelin, Jn° Love, Fran. Trobridge, Jn° Eellowes, .In" Badburne, Peter Lepipre, John Lambert, John Edmonds, Moses Carnon. " [P.S.] My Lord — If there be no other remedy wee will hope the Dutch will admitt of a favourable composition for the. Spanyards and others." 1710, Dec. 8th. D 1 ' John Eobinson, Bishop of Bristol, to Spencer Compton. Unaddressed and endorsed "M e La Pie." " Sir — Her Maj'J' has been pleas'd to order me to putt into your hands the enclosed note, which I read to Her Maj*7 this morning, being the name of the poor French Avoman, who has troubled you so long with her solicitations ; it being Her Maj^' 3 intention, that she may be added to the list of those, to whom Her Maj^' is graciously pleased to extend her charity, as upon mention thereof I hope you will rind — I am etc. " Jon. Bristol." 1711, June 13th. William Lowndes "To Spencer Compton Esq r Paymaster of Her Ma 1 ' 3 anuuall and other pencofis and bountys. — These." Transmitting by order of the Lord High Treasurer (Harley Earl of Oxford and Mortimer) a petition from Margaret Countess Dowager of Marlborough. Within is a memorandum that the Countess never had any annual pension, though she had received 400/. in several sums by Warrants of Bounty. 17 )\, Jan. 7th. D r Compton, Bishop of London, " To the Honour- able Spencer Compton Esq. — These." Dated at Fulham, and signed for the writer. " Dear Nephew — Let me trouble you on behalf of this bearer Mi. Charles L'ogle Minister of the French Church in Wapping establish'tby her Majesty's especial command; for the cure of w lh she was phased to appoint forty pounds a year, w (h was paid to M r Canon whom this bearer hath succeeded « H. London." [P.S.] " My hand is yet so lame, that I am not able to write myself." [Circa. 1713.] Draft report of Spencer Compton to the Lord Treasurer [the Earl of Oxford], on M 1 ' Pauncefort's memorial relating to M r Guy Palmes. [Undated]. " G-uy Palmes Esq 1 having been app** 1 one of the Tellers of the Exchequer by their late Maj lvs , did in the year 1698 assign and make over the said office to Thomas Gibson for a term of 12 years in trust that the said Thomas Gibson should out of the profits of the said office pay to the said Guy Palmes £200 per aim. and discharge several debts due to divers persons named in the said assignment. And whereas ■» U 24953. 1 130 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marqcess W iu Palmes Esq. father to the said Guy Palmes did pay or satisfie the townshesp greatest part of the said debts amounting to £14,500 ; therefore the paid — " Thomas Gibson by the direction of the said Guy Palmes did in the year 1700 assign the residue of the said term toBennet Sherrard Esq. in trust that the said B. S. should pay 800 per ann. to the said William Palmes and the overplus to the said Guy Palmes I further humbly certify to your LordP that her present Majesty was graciously pleased to grant by Letters Patent dated August 4 th 1702, £1000 per ann. out of the Post Office during her Majesty's pleasure to the said Guy Palmes in consideration of his losses in the said office of Teller." [Temp. Anne.] " The Case of John Evans Merchant and his wife, Dame Mary Hussey, late widow and relict of S r William Hussey who was Ambassador Extraordinary from King William to Vienna and Con- stantinople to mediate a Peace between the Emperor and his Allys, and the Grand Signior in 1690 and 1691." The petitioners claim £10.863 12s. as Extraordinary Expenses due to the late Sir William Hussey. [Temp. Anne.] Lady Killigrew to Lord Godolphin [or the Earl of Oxford]. Undated and unaddressed. Endorsed "Lady Killigrew' s Letter to my Lord Treasurer." " My Honoured Lord, if I coil'd by any means keep my selfe, and my poor daughter from starving, I wou'd not importune your Lordship, but what can a woman of eighty doe, without y r Honour will save me, in my great distress, my humble Petition is that you wou'd graciously please to give me as a private favour the half yeare which is due of my pention ; before the rest have theirs, it shall not be a pre- ssident for others to solicite, for I will pray for you in humble silence, I have exhausted all my creditt, nor have a possibility of living but by your Lordship's favour ; upon my old knees I beg you wou'd order me the half year, for a quarter will not clear me of half I owe ; I am, my Lord, your Lordship's most dutifull and most obedient servant, Barbara. Killigrew. [Circ. 1714.] Two undated identical petitions to the House of Commons, from the freeholders and inhabitants of the Parishes of Maresfield and Uckfield, near East Grinstead in the County of Sussex. In favour of a Road-Bill, with many signatures appended. [1715.] An undated petition to Lord Townshend as Secretary of State from " the Stewards of the Protestants of Ireland for the celebra- tion of their Anniversary meeting in London, in memory of their deliverance from a generall massacre begun in that Kingdom by the Irish Papists in the yeare 1641, and appointed by Act of Parliament there." It concludes : — " The Reverend M r Jonathan Smedley Preacher to the Protestants of Ireland for this present year 1715, having signalized himself for adhereing to the interest of the succession of the House of Hanover for severall years last past, and having suffer'd in his fortune for the same, the above-mentioned Stewards in respect of those circumstances, and of his excellent and seasonable discourse preached before them at this time, as well as in regard to his being a person of known abilities do beg leave to present the said M r Smedley as a person fit to be encouraged by your LordsP and worthy of his Ma tie ' s notice and favour." [Signed.] " Meath ; Mountjoy ; Castlecomer; S. Molyneux ; Rou T Finlay ; [and] Richard Steele." historical MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 131 1715,'Augt. 23rd. George Townshend to Lord Townshend. Dated t J*£^|5d in Lincoln's Inn and unaddressed. mss. The writer .solicits big Lordship's interest in behalf of his son who is anxious to be appointed an Extraordinary Clerk oi' the Council, in the room of M 1 ' James Vernon who is also one of the Commissioners of the Excise and is dying if not dead. Note. George Townshend was a Commissioner of Excise from 1699 to 1726, and Jamea Vernon from 1710 to 17.">f>. 1715, Sept. 6th. Rev. II. Davies to Spencer Compton. CTnaddressed Endorsed by Mr. Compton " Mr. Davies petition for a prisoner." " Honoured Sir — I beg leave to make application to you in fav* of a poor prisoner in the Mnrshalsea who is under sentence of death. The crime for which he is condenin'd is the stealing of a horse, which he says be himself did not do, but had the horse from another, that stole him. . . you will do a very good deed, in being instrumental in procuring his pardon. 1 therefore beg in this poor man's behalf that you wou'd be pleas'd to make application for him to my L d Townshend. He was condemned at Kingston Assizes, his name is Gascoyne, or Gaskiu, his first name 1 have forgot My humble service to my Lady Phillips. I am, etc. R. Davies." [P.S.J " If you should think it requisite to write to me any thing in answer to this, it will be sufficient to direct to me in Christ Church, Southwark." 1715, 19th Sept. Walter Etherington to Lord Townshend. Ad- dressed "To The PJ llon rb!e The Lord Townshend Secretary of State — These humbly p r sent," The writer (mcloses the following Petition and Information, and bogs his Lordship to dismiss the said M r Hamond, Governor of Landguard Fort, and to put in a just person in his room. First enclosure : — " The humble petition of Sampson Seagoe and sixty others, all Masters of shipps tradeing to Newcastle, and other parts — To the King's most Excellent Majesty." 1 page. The petitioners pray to be relieved from the oppressions of M 1 ' Hamond the Governor of Landguard Fort, and that the salute of the said fort may be ascertained by the tiring of [a] gun as is usual to other forts. Second enclosure attached to the last : — " The sworn information of Sampson Seagoe, of Great Yarmouth Master of the good Shipp called the William and Mary of Yarmouth of the burthen of two Hundred and Sixty tunns, laden with coales from Newcastle; that this morning when sailing out of the harbour of Harwich, his ship was fired at by the Governour of Landguard Fort, . . . . Sworn Sept. 2nd, 1715, before Samuell Lucas, Mayor (of Harwich) and Daniell Smyth." 1 page. Note. From the printed Calendar of Treasury Papers, it appears that a Capt. Francis Hamon was Lieut. Governor of Landguard Fort in 1702. [1715, Sept.] Complaint ag st the " Govern 1 " of ban. Iguard Fort." Ad- dressed. — "To The R* Hon r ble Viscount Townshend. humbly p'-'sent." In the handwriting of Walter Etherington, and signed by Henry Townshend It begins and ends as follows : — " My Lord,— The subscriber, Mr. Henry Townshend, Master of the good Shipp called the Lake of Wisbitch is redy and willing to make I 2 132 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Makquess affidavits that M r Hamond Governer of Landguard Fort fired a gunn To ^|f EXD at him." — ' [P-S.] "Allso M r Thomas Murfort paid Thirteen Shillings and 4 d and was without the harbour, witnes my hand, Thomas Morfort." 1715, Oct. 1st. D r Smallridge, Bishop of Bristol, to Lord Towns- hend. Dated at Bristol, and unaddressed. " My Lord'— Yo r Lp was pleas'd at my request to interest your self so far in obtaining from his Ma*y directions for the payment of the 2,000/. given by the late Queen to the poor, that when I came out of town a month ago, I had reason to hope it would be immediately paid, and therefore left with the Sub-almoner a list of persons to whom it should be distributed. I hear from him that the Warrant for payment of it is not yet sign'd by his Ma'y, and that the poor gentleman is afraid of being torn to pieces by those who have long with great impatience waited for it. I must therefore entreat your lordship's farther favour in pre- vailing with M r Wortley Montague, in whose hands I understand the AVarrant is, to lay it before His Ma^, which act of charity will entitle your Lp to the blessings of the poor as well as to the thanks of their importunate soliicitour — Your Lp s most humble and most obedient servant, Geo. Bristol." 1716, July 6th. An Order of Council, dated at the Court at S* James's and sealed with the Council wafer-seal. " Present— The King's Most Excell 1 Ma*y * ArchbP of Canterbury, etc. " The Right Honourable Spencer Compton Esq r Speaker of the House of Commons having been this day by his Majesty's Command sworne of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Councill, took his place at the Board accordingly. " Edward Southwell." To the above Order is attached by the Council Seal the following form of oath : — " The oath of a Privy Councillor taken by the R* Hon ble Spencer Compton Esq 1 the 6 th of July 1716. " You shall swear to be a true and faithfull servant unto the King's Majesty as one of His Maj tie ' a Privy Council you shall not know or understand of any manner of thing to be attempted done or spoken against His Majesty's person, honour, crown, or dignity royal, but you shall lett and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power, and either cause it to be reveal'd to His Majesty himself, or to such of his Privy Council as shall advertise his Majesty of the same. You shall in all things to he moved, treated and debated in Council, faithfully and truly declare your mind and opinion according to your heart and conscience, and shall keep secret all matters comitted and revealed unto you, or that shall be treated of secretly in Council. And if any of the said Treaties or Councils shall touch any of the Councillors, you shall not reveal it unto him but shall keep the same until such time as by the consent of His Majesty or of the Council, publication shall be made thereof. You shall to your uttermost bear faith and allegiance unto the King's Majesty and shall assist and defend all jurisdictions pre- heminences and authority's granted to His Majesty and annexed to the Crown by Act of Parliament or otherwise against all foreign Princes, Persons, Prelates, States, or Potentates. And generally in all things you shall do as a faithfull, and true servant ought to do to His Majesty. " So help you God, and the holy contents of this Book." With the above papers is the following : — £ *. d. 10 4 6 () 5 () 1 II )26 I 1 6 27 1 6" HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 133 " Note of fees for swearing the B' Hon"'" Spencer Compton Esq r , Speaker of the House of Commons, of the Privy Council. To the Clerks of the Council - To the under ( Storks To the Keeper of the Records To the Keepers of the Council Chamhcr To the Under Chamber Keeper To the Messenger [a guinea] [The last item, and the total, are in Spencer Coinpton's handwriting.] [1716]. Two copies of a petition, of which one is endorsed M Copy — Bast India Compy Pet" to the King — about ships going from Ostend &e a to the East Indies ; " and the other is endorsed " Petition from the B. India Com].. Inclos'd in L d T's to L d Cadog u & M p Walpole. 5 th Oct' 1716." The petitioners, after reciting the Acts of Parliament, complain that several of his Majesty's subjects have presumed to trade into and visit the said East Indies and in hopes to evade the law have contriv'd to purchase Commissions from Foreign States and Potentates, which may be gotten at easy rates, hoping under colour thereof to screen themselves from the prohibitions and penalties contained in the said Act. " On the 15 th of the preceeding October arriv'd at Surat Bar the ship Victoria of Ostend, burden 240 Tons with 70 men, ('apt" Haver Sandfield an Irishman commander, under the Emperor's colours they had received a letter from the Company's factors at Callicut on the Mallabar coast dated the 5 th of said January [17] ,";] which informs of two large ships from Ostend under the Emperor's colours being arriv'd, one at Surat, the other at Callicut, commanded by Mons 1 ' Sarsfield both intending to load home from those places directly the Petitioners have very great reason to apprehend that Captain John Opie an Englishman who went several months since from London to Leghorne is gone from thence to the East Indies on the like design " The Petitioners do therefore most humbly intreat Your Majesty will be graciously pleas'd to take the premisses into your royal consideration and to apply such a remedy for checking in its infancy this practice so many ways destructive to this considerable branch of the trade of Great Britain as to your Majesty's great wisdom shall seem meet. " And the Pet 18 as in duty bound shall ever pray &c." [circ. 1716.] The humble address of thanks from the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge — To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. Undated. 1 page. " Humbly thanking his Majesty for the gracious mark of royal] favour which he has bestowed on his ancient University of Cambridge in pre- senting to it the noble collection of books and manuscripts gathered in many years by the great industry and accurate judgement of the late Bishop of Ely." [D* Moore.] [1717 ?] Petition to the King from Sir John Wittewrong Bart. In French. Unsigned and undated. 1 page. 134 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. The petitioner has always supported the Protestant Succession and his Majesty's interest for which he has spent great sums in the County of Bucks. Has served as a Member of Parliament for more than twelve years, and is still a member. During the last Ministry much injustice was done him and he rejected several advantageous offers as his principles prevented his entering into the measures that were then on foot. He has had the honour to serve as a Colonel of Infantry and he would rather be cashiered than sell out. ' Notwithstanding such a character and his zeal for his Majesty, he has had the misfortune to be excluded from the new levies, several colonels of less standing than him have been preferred, and many persons have had civil employments without any one having the least regard for the petitioner. He therefore humbly prays for the command of a regiment or to be put on the Excise Commission, or in such other employment as his Majesty shall think fit, so that the petitioner's enemies cannot have occasion to say that he is entirely neglected. 1719, — . [Copy of a] petition to the King in Council of Samuel Tatem, Richard Reeve, Lawrence Ingoldsby, and others, Merchants of London traders to the Porte of Bilbao in Spain. Undated and without signatures. Endorsed by Spencer Compton " Petition of Sam 1 Tatem &c. Merchants, trading to the Port of Bilboa — 1719." 1 page. The petitioners pray for passes for two Spanish ships laden with wool and iron to come to the Port of London as was practised in the late war with Spain. 1719, April — . Copy of a humble representation addressed by the same London merchants to the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations in support of their petition to the Privy Council. Undated and without signatures. Endorsed by Spencer Compton " In Mr. Wace's hands in L d Harrington's office, Apr. 1719. Passes granted and dated May 12 th do." 2 pp. The merchants represent that " Spanish wool is absolutely necessary to the makeing our superfine cloth and the lessening the consumption of that wool in the manufactoring of the cloth debasses its qualitie and will if practiced bring it into disreputation in forreign marketts. Iron is allso necessary for the use of his Majesty's Navy as well as to all other sniping perticularly large ships for their anchors chain plates, and the like great work During the late war this practice of granting passes was indulged perticularly to Bilbao by which means we were constantly furnished with a suply of Spanish wool as our occations required but now by the interruption of commerce their remains no door open for that trade " Nevertheless some of our manufactories have been exported to Spain by way of Holland and other nutral portes to suply their demand and prevente the disuse of our manufactories at that markett tho' loaded with the Aditional charge of two freights commission and customes in and out which we have been obliged to pay in Holland as some of us has lately experienced 1721, April 22. A curious petition to the King at Bordeaux, and subscribed : — " Le tres humble tres obeissant tres fidelle suject Gauien de Valois de Terrefort prince du sang Cardinal." " C J est d'une tres profonde soumission que j'ose avoir l'honeur de m'adresser au roy de la grande bretaigne non comme on faisoit vers les roys de perse qu'on n'osoit leur parler moins encore les aprocher, mais HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 135 comme a un roy graciux, riche, puissant, romance, deeore des qualit.'> a un si grand prince, car quel plus grand et j>lus auguste roy puist etre miux que votre Maieste, Sire lc digue subject de nies louanges si j'etois capable d'en faire le gloriux panegirique; l'hurux souvenir des graciuses faveurs que le feu roy Guillaume prince d'orange in'Jionora a la priere du feu roy de France et raon devoir, m' oblige de prier le roy d'Angleterre avoir aereable la demission quej'ay, I'honeur de faire a sa Majesty de l'archevcche de Cantorbery primat da royaume que le roy Guillaunie m'avoit pourvcu, il m'honora aussi de plusieur- lettres pour m'obliger d'aler remplir cette haute dignite" que Ton a tenea putetre Becret au roy qui est une recompence a favoriser le sujet le plus lidelle a sa Majesty, mes bules sunt dans lea argives du conseil d'Angleterre que le prince me promit faire conserver avec soin, la persone qui jouil de ce grand benefice est mon coadjuteur, le titre de cet illustre preJat avec mes bules quej'ay I'honeur d'indiquer sont des temoignages fideles de la verite quej'ay I'honeur d'avancer auroy, mes incomodites, la pauvrete, la peine que je ressans par le malheur que j'eus d'encourir la disgrace du feu roy de France peu de terns apres la mort du prince Maurice, m'a mis hors d'etat d'exercer aucun des nombrux emplois desquels j'avois eu I'honeur d'etre graciose par le roy Louis Quatorse et par le roy (iuillaume qui sont les plus grands et les plus eminents dans le monde et dans 1'eglisc : si la relation de ma vie n'etoit cnuyuse a votre Majeste Sire, jaurois I'honeur d'en faire icy un detail ; niais je n^ose exiger une longue attantion de la generosite du roy. Son altesse sererKssime le due de Florance a qui j'eus I'honeur d'eviter une surprise qu'on vouloit luy fa\re ou il s'agissoit de la perte de ses etats, puit assurer le roy que tout mon malheur depand d'etre issu du sang de Valois : je prie sa Majeste de vouloir etre memoratif qu' apres la mort du prince Maurice, je fus receu et recognu heritier a touts les biens honeurs et (lignites de ce prince par le iov de Fiance la iamille royale et par le conseil d'etat, en consequanee et par la grace de Dieu, j'eus I'honeur d'etre courone, du diademe que je remis au roy de France apres luy avoir fait demission des droits (pie j'avois sur la courone qui consistent a la moitie du royaume de France, les portes fermees ; apres avoir enrichi lc roy de France mon maitre et avoir eu le bonheur d'hurusement sauver la vie aux tres digues altesses mes seigneurs le Dauphin de Yienois et le Due dc Bourgoigne, sachant que les intantions du roy de France me devien- droit prejudiciables, leurs trcs hautes altesses par le suport d'une reconoissante tandresse ayderent a mon creasion. Depuis cc terns malhurux je suis errant dans le monde, pardon grand roy de ma trop grande liberte mais anime d'une noble ardeur, me sentant encore honore d'un des bienfaits du roy Guillaumc en l'election qu'il luy pint faire dc ma persone, pour que mon nom fat inscre au nombre des ties illu^- trcs et tres honorables chevaliers de la jaretiere. Je prie a main jointe le roy avoir agreable mes tres profondes sou missions, qu'il plaise a sa jNIajeste Bretanique me faire la grace de me remettre les bules de L'archeveche de Cantorberi qui ont reste dans les argives d'Angleterre, qui sont inutiles pour d'autres persones, et permetre que j'aye I'honeur d'etre continue dans l'ordre de la jaretiere meme de la porter ce que 3*espere recevoir de la bienveillance du roy, par surabondanee d'une ties grande marque d'honeur de triomphe a ma Iamille; je promcts garder ce preciux tresor avec tout le soin la precaution et l'ordre neces- sere, en memoire des tres hautes tres dignes tres graciuses faveurs des roys de la Grande Bretaigne. Le roy de France avaut son deces me fit la grace de m'acorder une amnistie qui me remet dans mes biens honeurs et dignites renouvelee pai- lc roy a presenl regnant, mais mes biens particulars ayant etc distribues aux plus grands du royaume 136 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Monsieur le regent jouissant dune partie, je ne panse plus qu'a mourir en reposdaus mon indigence ne mangeant que du pain vivant de charite, il ne me reste plus Sire pour la tranquilite de mon esprit qu'a avoir Lhoneur de me demetre comme j'ay l'lioneur de faire par ces presentes de l'archeveche de Cantorbery en faveur du roy d'angleterre, que j'cspere etre agreablc a sa Majeste bretanique, et a la faveur de son inmance protection royale que j'ay l'honeur de reclamer a main jointe, mes penes seront adoucies, mon nom ne sera pas divulgue, sous cet bureux apui jYntreprans d'un cctur genereux la liberte que je prans, parceque sa bonte royale m'attire et m' engage d'avoir l'honeur deme presanter a ses pieds sous les auspices d'un grand roy pour qu'il plaise a sa plus qu'im- periale Majeste m'octroyer les tres nobles demandes que j'ay l'honeur de faire : ce sont les graces, faveurs inmances que jay l'honeur d'attendre et espere recevoir de tres grand tres auguste tres puissant roy de la Grande Bretaigne priant sa Majeste d'etre assure que j'ay toujours este inviolablement comme j'ay l'honneur d'etre d'une tres profonde soumis- sion des roys d'angleterre et de votre Majeste, &c. " Le Due de Barwic qui comande en cette ville m'est suspect." 1721, July 28th. Sir William Thompson ; ex-Solicitor General, and afterwards a Baron of the Exchequer, to Lord Townshend. " My Lord — I presume to trouble your Lordship with the enclosed memorial, and beg your perusal of it and that your Lordship will be so good as to alter it where you are pleased to think it wanting, and I shall esteem it an honour to be allow'd a few moments of your Lordship's time as soon as it may be convenient. — I am, etc." The enclosed memorial is in French and is addressed to the King. The writer represents that he has been Recorder of Ipswich and Member of Parliament for about fourteen years, and Recorder of London for nearly seven years. That he has always been attached to his Majesty both in Parliament, in the Courts of Justice, and in the other public assemblies of the London Magistrates. That he was one of those appointed by the lower house to conduct the prosecution of Dr. Sacheverel when the Protestant Succession was in danger, and -was consequently very illused by the last ministry of Queen Ann, etc. In conclusion the writer represents that he has the mortification of having no marks of his Majesty's approbation, which greatly diminishes his credit, and also his authority against his Majesty's enemies. Where- fore he very humbly prays his Majesty not leave him longer under so painful a discouragement. [1721 ?] An undated petition to the King from Charlotte, widow of Capt. Rycaut, daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, and gi'and- daughter of the late Bishop of Durham [Lord Crew]. - Praying for a pension upon the Irish Establishment to enable her to maintain and educate her five children. [1721 ?] An undated petitition to the King from Viscount Gage. In French. Praying for the payment of the balance of the £5000 promised to the petitioner out of the sale of some timber in the Forest of Dean. It concludes : — " The petitioner will try to render himself more capable to serve his Majesty in getting himself elected Member of Parliament in the plaee of [Nicholas Lechmere recently created] Lord Lechmere." 1722, March 28th. An unsigned paper giving a list of some Election returns up to date, and addressed " For my Lord Townshend's Office — These." HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION L37 Most of the names mentioned arc marked with a ( + ) «"' * ( — )j :111< 1 it would appear that the latter mark was employed to distingaish sup- porters of the Ministry. The list is as follows: — ■ Wednesday the 28 th March, 1722. B[isho]ps Castle. Bowater Vernon — . W™ Peer Williams+. Wclby. Serj* Birch — . Nioholas Philpott — . Derby. L a [ James | Cavendish — . [Thomas] Bayley+. Cricklade. S r Tho e Beed — . [Thomas] Gore. County of Essex. [William] Harvey +. [Robert] Honeywood — . Preston. Tho M Hescoth -f . Daniel Poulteny — . Thetford. S r Edmund Bacon. Rob f Jacombe. East Bedford. Thomas White—. [Patrick] Chaworth+. Shaftsbury. S 1 Kdw 1 Desbouverie — . Edward Nich[o]lae+. Eye. Spencer Compton — . Edward Hopkins — . "Dartmouth. Coll George Treby — . Thomas Martin — . Bridport. S r Dewey Bulkeley — . Peter Walter — . Edinburgh. John Campbell- Newark. Brigad* [Richard] Sutton — . James Pelham — . Barnstaple. S 1 ' Hugh Aekland + . Gen 1 [Thomas] Withain — [a mistake for Wetham. Haslemere. [James] Oglethorpe f. [Peter] Burrell (a false re- turn — L d Blundell and Mr Molineux) [Note. This appears to have been stated in error], and the error is repeated in a note at the foot of the paper]. Highworth [? Malmesbury] . L d Hilsborough — . S r John Rush- worth [a mistake for Sir John Rushout.] Coll [Giles] Earle — Coll° [John] Farmer [a mistake for Fermor]. — a double return. A note at the foot of this paper adds:—" N.B. [James] Oglethorpe [and Peter] Burrell, arc false returned for Haslemere," but the election let urn does not seem to have been challenged and those gentlemen re- presented Haslemere in this and the next four parliaments. 1722, April 27th. Horatio Walpole to Lords Townshend and Car- teret. Unaddresscd. My Lords — I having by the consent of my late lord Stanhope and M r Secretary Craggs received the principall fees for Irish Commissions sign'd during their time in the Secretary of State's Office upon my notification amounting to the sum of 213-10-10 I beg leave to lay before your L rd P s an account of what fees have since accrued in your offices on the same account to the time of my L rd Lievt' 8 [the Duke of Grafton's] departure into Ireland when T resigned my employment as Secretary to his Grace etc." The above letter is written on the fly leaf of a List — (2 pp. and 58 names of officers, with the fees they paid for their commissions being drawn) headed " Principal Fees for Irish Commissions received in the Right Hono blp the Lord Townshend and Lord Carteret's offices from the 4 th of March 17f£ to the time of the Lord Lieut ta departure in September following under the notification of Hor° Walpole Esq M Sccry to Lord Lieut 1 " — and it is endorsed with the following minutes : — "I allow the repayment of the proportion received by me of the fees -within mentioned — TOWNSHEND," and " I allow the same — Carteret." The following receipt is also endorsed upon this letter:— Received this 14 th day of June 1722 for the use of Horatio Walpole Esq. late 138 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Secretary to his Grace the Lord Lien 1 of Ireland, of the Right Hono ble the Lord Visco* Townshend by the hands of John Wace Esq re the Sum of one hundred and eight pounds and fifteenth shillings being his Lordships proporcon of the principal fees of Irish comicons received in his office from the 4 th of March 17 2 T ° to Sep r following being the time he resigned that employment ■which his Lordship was pleased to give and allow to the s l1 Hor° Walpole according to the Avithin written accompt — I say received by me — Peter Leheup — £108 : 15. 1722, Aug. 11th. George Treby, Secretary at War, to the " R* Hon ble Spencer Compton Esq r Paymaster Generall of his Majesty's Forces." Dated at Whitehall. "Sir — His Majesty having been pleased by a sign manual to constitute you together with — The R l Hon ble the Earl of Cadogan. Rt Hon ble Robert Walpole Esq 1 '. R f Hon ble Lord Viscount Cobham. Lieuten* Gen 11 [George] Macartney. Major Gen 11 [Williams] Tatton. Major Gen 11 [Joseph] Wightman. Brigadier [Richard] Russell. Brigadier [Andrew] Bisset. Brigadier [Phineas] Bowles. Comptrollers of the Accounts of the army. And myself a Board to examine the reduced officers of his laud Forces and Marines upon the Establishment of Half Pay in Great Britain ; I am to desire you will meet the said Commissioners in the Great Room at the Horse Guards on Tuesday the 14 th Instant at ten of the clock in the forenoon in order to hear the Warrant read, and to proceed upon the said Examination, I am" etc. 1722, Augt. 10th. The Case of Capt. John Welbe, addressed with a Petition to Lord Townshend as Principal Secretary of State. In book form 32^ pp. " The humble Petition of Cap* John Welbe sheAveth : — That Your Petitioner has been confined a prisoner in the'- Kind's Bench prison above six months, on ace 1 of unjust sutes of William Adye a packer, and Cap* Nicholas Mandell and others, who have A r owed revenge for his discovering their unlawfull practices and testi- fying the truth against them, at two tryalls before the Lord Cheife .Justice King at Guild Hall in June last was a tAveivemonth. And nttending severall tryalls before the Lord Cheife Justice Pratt like- wise relating to the wilful destruction of 1he ship Riga merchant in Port Mahone on purpose to defraud the insurers, And particularly William Adye avIio has sworn neA^er to dye in peace till he has mind your Petitioner, the particulars of Avhich may be seen in Your Peti- tioner's Case. That there is another Conspiracy against Your Petitioner by M r Edward Morgan a Roman Catholick liveing in Bloomsbury Square who Avas round the globe with Cap 4 Dampire the same voyage that Your Petitioner Avas and Avas the death of the first Lie vet enn ant by turning him most barbarously ashore at the Island of S f Jago, Avherehe miserably ended his days with hunger and greife, and the said Morgan Avas afteiAvards the ruin of the said expedition, and now endeavours to ruin Your Petitioner, and thereby overthroAV his intended discovery, in concert with others, and M r Gregson M r Rich d Cambridge's attorney HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. L39 and Tho s Burtt a nonjuror one of Ormes's congregation and book- marquess keeper to M 1 Rich* Cambridge, who were yonr petitioner's bail, and ' i "^\). surrendered Your Petitioner after they had confounded his mony, and trickt him out of all that he bad, by encouraging aham actions, and given them the advantage in the law against Your Petitioner designedly, by latting judgements goo by default, and bringing writts of errors, and suffering non proa* upon the errors, for want of paying the transcript &c. Some particulars of wliich may be Been in the inclosed copy of four Petitioners letter to Mr Tho a Burtt. That Your Petitioner was under some apprehention in the month of March last was a twelvemonth, of the designed barbarous usage that Your Petitioner was to expect from William A.dye, Cap 1 Nicholas MandeU and others, and therefor presented a Petition to Your Lord- ship dated the 13 th of March 1720 a copy whereof is hereunto annext, And in the Month of June following presented a Petition to Eis Majesty likewise, dated the lt me which you depended on to oppose it, and when the gentlemen mett, your Master did not come but you came in his stead at last when the gentlemen were reddy to conclude, and when you found that 1 had in your absence, pivvaild on the gentlemen to advance me two hundred pound, you undertook to gather the money for me, by which you got it in your power, to keep me out of the same, whereby you have mind me, I could remind you of a great many more particulars, but hope this is sufficient to touch your concience, if you have any, that you may have some remorse, and not murder me, by keeping me in a prison, without money, after you had been one of the cheife instruments ot confounding all that J had in the world, therefore [I] desire to speak with you, that I may know what to depend on, after all this barbarous usage &c. I ant, as 1 am used, King's Bench Prison, Jno. Wii.uk." August the 22 tl 1722. P.S. What doe you think of a fiery tryall &c. 142 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MABQircaa 1724, May loth. Copy of a report from the Committee of Council Mss. " in Ireland. Dated in the "Council Chamber Dublin" and un- addressed. May it please your Excell c ^' s and Lordships. — In obedience to your Excllencys and Lordships Order of re-reference of a report signed the sixth day of May pursuant to His Grace [the Duke of Grafton] the then Lord Lieu f and Council's Order dated the 27 th day of April last, requiring us to consider what is proper to be done to allay and quiet the great fears of the people of this kingdom occasioned by the apprehensions under which they are of William Wood's copper half-pence and farthings becoming current among them, we have met and considered the same, and are of opinion that for allaying and quieting the great fears of the people upon the occasion it will be proper that an humble Address be made to His Majesty in order to obtain from his royal wisdom and goodness such remedy as may be fitting to avert the great evil that we apprehend would unavoidably befall this kingdom in case the said half-pence and farthings should become current among us, a draught of which Address is hereunto annex'd and humbly submitted to your Excellencys and Lordships by, Edward [Singe Archbishop of] Tuam, [The Earl of] Abercorn, TLord] Mountjoy, San try Tullamoore, Ralph Gore, [The Earl of] Meath, Gust[avus] Hume, Edw[ard] Crofton, Oliver S 4 George, R. Tighe, Marm[aduke] Coghill. (A true Copy) Ed. Deking, Dep. Cler. Con. Priv. [Hib.]" 1725, Jan. 18th. Count do Broglio to Count de Morville. Copy of a letter, in French, dated in London. [Translation] .... The Princess of Wales has forwarded to me a petition, which has been sent her by [a] galley slave who entreats her to intercede with the King [of France] for his pardon, and she has expressed a wish that I should write to the Court. As the galleys are in the Department of the Count of Maurepas I have sent him the petition, and have explained to him how anxious she is that it may be granted .... 1725, May 29th. A Privy Council Report addressed to the King from the Council Chamber at Whitehall, and endorsed in a clerk's hand " Copy of Committee Report for issuing a Special Commission to try Cap 1 [Robert] Elston for the Murder of two of his ships crew beyond the seas [on the coast of Guinea]. 1st June 1725, read and approved, and Lord Chancellor ordered to issue a Special Commiss" accordingly. " Mem d . The Act of Parliament upon which the Commiss" was founded, was past in the 33 fl of Henry Eighth chap. 23 d , Entituled An Act to proceed by Commission of Oyer and Terminer ag st such Persons as shall confess Treason &c a . without remanding the same to be tried in the shire where the offence was committed." 1725, Oct. 28th. F[rances?] Killigrew to Sir Spencer Compton ? Dated in Church Street, Soho, and unaddressed. " Sir — Your great compassion and good nature upon all ocations en- courages me to take this liberty. Mrs. Howard has informed me that His Royal Highness is determined to give no pensions and the misfortune I am in oblidges me to trespas upon your great goodness to beg that you woud recomende me to His Royal Highness for part of his HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 143 bounty: I dare say if his Royal Highness knew the distres I am in Mahqtom that be woud be BO charitable as to condiccnde to think of me ; I have no mcritt to pleade in excuse for troubling you bul my misfortunes — which are very great and too many to repeat. I am, Sir, with great respect your most obedient and most hnmble Bervant, P. KlLLIGBEW." 1725-20, Jan. 2:5. Edward Stables, Clerk-Assistant to the House of Commons, to Spencer Compton. Unaddressed. '• Sir — I beg leave with a heart filled the deepest sense of duty and gratitude, to return my most humble thanks for your honO™ great goodness, in again interposing between me and death, hastening upon me, by overmuch fatigue in the service of the publick; as ili r are beyond expression, I humbly hope you will be pleased to accept, on all occasions, the utmost returns of gratitude in my power, long since a duty upon me, Ear above any ability of mine to answer, and will ever be so, tho' alwaies attempting to be acknowledged, and repaid, with the greatest pleasure. Upon my present recollection I was thus admitted Clerk Assistant in December 1710 when Mr [Culverwell] Needier and Myself had agreed, (he being disabled by palsie) Mr. [Paul] Jodrell [Clerk of the House of Commons] and he waited on Mr. Bromley (then Speaker) and acquainted him therewith, and Mr. Jodrell proposing me to succeed Needier, Mr. Bromley asked him who he thought was to name the Clerk- Assistant, Mr. Jodrell insisted, himself, as his Clerk; Mr. Bromley denyed that, as not being Clerk to the Clerk, but a distincl and proper Clerk of the House, to be appointed by the House, as their Clerk- Assistant and a check upon the Clerk of the House appointed by the Crown, and that, at most, Mr. Jodrell could only propose, but that the nomination, or approbation, was in the House, and that no such officer could be admitted without a que[sti]on ; and this was the opinion of S r John Trevor, the Ma[ste]r of the Rolls: (In conversa- tion). I had the good fortune to be well spoken of to Mr. Bromley and he received me in the most generous, and ready manner, he acquainted the House with Mr. Needler's disability, and that a proper person bad been considered of to succeed him, and giving a recommendatory character of me (according to his goodness, Avhich I was alwaies very sensible of) he put the qu [est] ion for calling me in, which was done, without more ado; but Mr. Jodrell entred nothing of this upon the Journal. Give me leave, Sir, to conclude with my humble thanks also for your great indulgence to me, on this occasion, for time to recover my health, which I hope will be very soon, and I hope I shall alwaies make use of it to testify, with as gratefull a heart as ever tilled mortal breast, the greatest duty to your bono 1 ' most justly owing from $i r — your — Hono rs most obliged and most obed f humble serv* E. Stables." 1717, Sept. 26th. An Order in Council, dated at the Court at Kensington, and sealed with the Council Wafer-seal. Present — The King's most Excell' Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honourable Sir Spencer Compton Knight of the Bath was by his Majesty's command sworn of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council and took his place at the Board accordingly. Robert Ham 3. 17 — , Nov. 3rd. [Date torn.] A paper endorsed " Judges opinion [in favour of] the Prince of Wales chusing his own servants." It is 144 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. signed by [Sir] Robert Raymond, William P. Williams, and Samuel Mead. Xote. — The endorsement is inexact as there were no judges named "Williams and Mead on the Bench at the same time, during the reigns of George the First and George the Second. Sir Robert Raymond was Attorney -General from 1720 to 1723, and a Justice of the King's Bench from 1723 to 1733. [1727?]. The humble Petition of Mary o'Brine widow— To the Right Hon ble Spencer Compton Barronet [sic] Speaker to the House of Commons. Undated. " Sheweth — That your Petitioner's first husband Thomas Evans was a Captain of a Man of War in King William's time, and was killed by the French on board the ship he comanded in New found Land the same year his Majesty King William dyed, that her husband John o'Brine was L[ieu]t of Granadiers in Colon 1 Molsworth's Regiment and was kill'd at Prats del Roy in Spain, That in consideration of her last husband's faithfull service, the Government was pleased to allow her a pension, which she enjoyed for some time, untill one Thomas Fox and his wife falsely swore her out of it, because she would not allow him ten pounds in hand and six pounds per annum, and has served several honest widows the same way to their utter ruine, under pretence of being an evidence for the King, which in effect was only to extort money from the poor widows, That your Peticoner had him taken up and tryed at the Old Baily for robbing of her and extorting a note of ten pounds, That then he the said Fox receiv'd his sentence to be whipt from Newgate to Tyburn, fifty pounds fine, and two years imprisonm* who after receiving this, his sentence, made escape from justice, but is -now coming to ruin what he did not before, That his wife gives out that your hon r will give him a protection to appear again in order to ruin your Peticoner and the said widows, That your Peticoner and her family are utterly ruin'd through his means, and beside is afr[a]ide of her life w ch his wife strove to take away before. Therefore your poor Peticoner most humbly begs that your Hon r would be pleased to grant her a hearing to satisfie your hon 1 * further and she as in duty bound will ever pray." 1728, May 4th. [Copy of.] " The humble Address of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. — To the King's Most Excellent Majestic" Dated at Edinburgh and subscribed, on behalf of the Assembly, by William Wishart, Moderator. A loyal and pious address congratulating the King upon his accession. The following is a specimen of its wording : — " The death of our late Gracious Sovereign, Your Majestie's Royal Father of glorius memory, whom God made the instrument of so great Blessings to us, and to all Europe, was so sensible and heavy a stroke to us, that we should have been inconsolable under it, if so great a loss had not been made up to us, by Your Majestie's most peaceable and happie accession to the throne. Permitt us, then, Great Sir, to congratulate Your Majestie upon Your ascending the throne of Your royal ancestors with the joyful accla- mations of all Your dutiful subjects. We can never cease to bless Our Gracious God, when we think of his setting a King over us, whose royal qualities do so brightly adorn the throne upon which he sits," etc. [1729?]. Copy of a very loyal Address from the Commons to the King. Undated and signed by Edward Stables, Clerk of the House of Commons. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 145 1730, Dec. 31st. An Order of Council, dated at the Court of St « James's and sealed with the Council Wafer-seal. MSS. Present — The King's most Excellent Majesty, Duke of Newcastle etc. His Majesty in Councill was this day pleased to declare the Right Honourable Spencer Earl of Wilmington, Lord President of hie Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Councill, ami Hifl Lordship took his place at the Board accordingly. Ja. Vernon. [Circ. 1730.] An undated petition to the King from John Carter under sentence of death for robbery. Signed by Edmund Waller M.l\, and John Clavering M.P., [Members for Great Marlow from 1727 to 1784J, Sir John Ethcredgc, George Bruere, and other inhabitants of Great Marlow. [Circ. 1730.] Petition in French to King George II. from Louis Bernard of Lezau in the Diocese of Nismes, a French Protestant convict on board the Invincible galley. The Petitioner who has been condemned to the galleys for life has already spent 14 years in chains and implores the King's protection, the promise of which was renewed in the year 1729. 1730-31, Jan. 4th. Thomas Tomkyns to the Earl of "Wilmington. Dated in the Poultry Compter and unaddressed. " My Lord — When I reflect on the frequent trouble I have given your Lordship already in this way I can't refrain [from] being ashamed at the thought of it; and yet my unhappy circumstances are such as urge me nevertheless to the farther trespass. It is now two years and a half since my being confined upon an Extent, without being able, as yet, to regain my liberty, notwithstanding my having compleated a discovery, that by competent judges is thought to be worth a million sterling to the nation : upon this foundation I am, at present, seeking my releasm[en]t, and in order there to, have lodgd a Petition to His Majesty praying the same. What 1 have therefore now to entreat of your Lordship (as appre- hending your being lately appointed President) is, that you would be so good as to order my petition to be read [at] your next general I Council, and to contribute to its being referred to a Committee of Council." 1731, Jan. 12th. Memorial to the King about an Establishment for the relief of the widows of poor officers in the Navy. Dated at the Admiralty and unsigned. 4.^ pp. The memorial proposes that three pence in the pound should be stopped out of all naval pay and half-pay for the relief of the widows in question. [1731.] Proposed heads of [a Scheme for] an Establishment for the relief of the widows of poor officers in the Navy. Unsigned and undated. Enclosed in the last ten clauses. 7 pp. The Scheme proposes the formation of a charitable Corporation, with a Board of Governors and a Court of Assistants, to administer the funds subscribed. It also proposes the names of many naval men (from tin- Lords of the Admiralty down to Warrant Officers,) to be the first Governors of the proposed Corporation. 1731, Feb. 8th. Extract from the Minutes of the House of Com- mons. Dated " Lunae 8 3 die Fehruarij 1 730-1." U 24953. K 1-1G HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty that He will be graciously pleased to give directions, that an account be laid before this House of what proceedings have been had for the establishing a Civil Government at Gibraltar, and for declaring the same a free Port, since the last application of this House to His Majesty for that purpose. 1731, June 9th. Thomas Tomkins to Lord Wilmington. Un- addressed. " My Lord — Upon a Petition lately presented to the Treasury praying my liberty, having been informed, that, under my present circum- stances, the proper application for it, is to His Majesty in Council I have therefore prepared the inclosed in order to be lodged forthwith, in hopes that your Lordship will be so good as to order it to be read at the next general Council. To succour the distressed is an action expressive of humanity and o-reat wc-odness ; an ^ if from an inclination of that kind, you shall be induced to contribute to a favourable issue of this my intended applica- tion, it shall always be remembered with the utmost gratitude by him, who is, with the greatest submission and respect — My Lord — Your Lordships most obedient and most humble servant. Thoma.s Tomkens." [1731.] The humble Petition of Thomas Tomkyns now a prisoner in the Poultry Compter upon an Extent.—" To the King's most Excellent Majesty in Council assembled." Unsigned and undated. Enclosed in the last. The petitioner prays for his enlargement from prison, on parole or otherwise, that he may put in practice his invention for making cast iron malleable with sea or pit coal. 1732, July 20th. An undated Petition (to the King) of the widow of Eobert Gregon, late Office Keeper and servant to his Majesty's Council Chamber. Humbly shewing. That it hath been usual for the Crown on the death of such under officers of the Council Chamber to allow their widows some small pension for the support of themselves and family. That the poor Petitioner being left with two children destitute of the common necessarys of life some time since made her humble application to His Majesty for such pension proved unsuccessful therein in regard Mrs. Holland the widow of the former Office Keeper was at that time alive and receiving a pension of twenty pounds p annum. That being lately informed the said widow Holland is now dead and the said pension void. The Peitioner in consideration of her husband's long & faithful services to the Crown, and she being in a starving condition and grown past her labour, prays that the like small pension may be granted to her as was enjoyed by the said Mrs. Holland. Certified at foot under the above date as follows : — " We the Clerks of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council hereunder written do certify the contents of this Petition to be true and do believe the Petitioner to be an object of great charity. Jas. Vernon, W. Sharpe, Temple Stanton, Ch. Delafaye." 1735, Nov. 28th. Copy of a letter from the Russia Company to Claudius Rondeau Esquire, English Resident at the Russian Court. Dated at London and Signed S. Holden. 2 pp. This letter encloses an undated Petition, addressed to the Privy Council, signed by Joseph Chitty, a Russian merchant, and also a copy HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 147 of a letter (translated out of High Dutch), from Baron Peter von , Shaffiroff to Mr. Bardewick (the Agent for the Petitioner in Russia), dated at St. Petersburg, July 25th 1 7 • i -"> The Petition relates to an alleged purchase, from the Czarina, of Rhubarb to the value of £2,500, and also to the alleged refusal <>i' Mr. Rondeau to render the petitioner's agent any assistance in enforcing tin- said contract. 1735, Dec. 27th. Copy of a letter from Claudius Rondeau t" Samuel Holden, Governor of the Russia Company. Dated at St. Petersburg. 7 pp. This letter controverts the statement that the above-mentioned con- tract had been entered into ; and the writer further asserts that he offered to speak to the Czarina's Ministers on behalf of Mr. Bardewick, and has done his utmost to maintain a good harmony and understand- ing among the gentlemen of the English factory in St. Petersburg. Same date. Copy of a letter from Claudius Rondeau. Dated at St. Petersburg and unad dressed. With reference to M r Chitty's Memorial explaining that neither the Senate nor the College of Commerce (at St. Petersburg) had authority to conclude any such contract without a possible order from the Czarina or her Cabinet Ministers. 1736, Aug. 12th. Abstract of the Return of the Secretary to the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty to an Order of the Committee of Council of the 12th of August 1736 : — The total number of livings augmented from the beginning of the Corporation to the 1st of January 1735 — f 220 not exceeding 10 g ann. | 209 - - 20 By Joint Benefactions <( 176 - - 30 I 161 - - 40 (J37 - - 50 903 By the Bounty alone 234 not exceeding 10 p ann. In all 1137 — Of which 517 have been augmented with purchase of real estates with the whole money appropriated for that purpose, 23 Livings with part of the money, and 597 remain for which no purchases have been made. Total number of Livings which remain under the yearly values of £10 £20 £30 £40 and £50, viz 4 — £ 694 ... not exceeding 10 1139 --- 20 1095 ... 30 1161 ... „ 40 1329 - „ 50 In all 5418 Livings. 1738, April 4th. Memorial from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, praying His Majesty's Orders for issuing Warrants to impress K 2 148 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. seamen. Dated at the Admiralty Office and signed by Sir Charles Wager, Sir Thomas Lyttelton and Sir Thomas Frankland. 1 page. Endorsed with a Minute " 6th April 1 738- — Read and approved. — L ds Ad'y to issue Warrants accordingly." 1738, July 25th. Representations of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty praying directions may be given for the speedy manning of the Fleet. Dated at the Admiralty Office and signed by Sir Charles Wager, Sir Thomas Frankland, Thomas Clutterbuck, and Lord Vere Beauclerk. 5^ pp. Endorsed with a Minute "31st July 1738. — Read and app[rove]d and Orders to be issued accordingly." [1738?] An undated paper in the handwriting of Lord Wilming- ton, bein<* a list of British ships captured by the Spaniards, with some memoranda as to documents relating to their capture : — S* James of Bristol, [Capt] Cartis, bound from Cork to Jamaica, taken the 12th of May. Carried to a Bay in Puerto Rico, Order on the 22 m ', d° to carry the s d Ship to S' Johns, arriv'd there the 25th, d° part of the Provisions sold to the S c Juan, a Spanish Man of War. Prince William, [Capt.] Kinselagh, from S* Kits to London, taken the 24th of March, 250 Leagues to the Eastward of Bermudas, 'having Brazletto Wood on Board, was sent to Havanna. [Capt.] Kinselagh ['s Letter] to Isaac Pero, July 27th. Do. to Wilks and Berian, July 28th. Certificate from S e Kits that the Brasiletto was imported from Provi- dence. Brigantine George, [Capt.] Ware, from Jamaica to Bristol, taken the 21st May. Affidavit of Harris and Jenkins. Loyall Charles, [Capt.] Way; Dispatch, [Capt.] Delamotte, from Jamaica to London, Spaniards told [Capt,] Griffin of the Seahorse, that these two ships were condemned at Havanna, the latter for having logwood on board. Two Sisters Brigantine, [Capt.] Gardner, taken in 1732 at the Tortugas. Eight Ships taken in 1734. Friends Adventure, Sloop Johannah, fired at, not taken, Endeavour And Friendship, Bermudas Sloop. Sloop Carac, [Capt.] Donaldson, from S* Kits to Curacao [Capt.] Donaldson ['s letter] to Somers. Sloop Thomas, [Capt.] Keeling, taken April 3 rd 1734, bound from Curasao to Virginia. Protest at S e Kits and Certificate of the Deputy Govern 1- of Virginia. Prince William, [Capt.] Ivy, from Virginia to Jamaica, 1731, taken plundered and let go. M r William Coventry. Sloop from New-York, [Capt.] Wolf, from Madeira to Curacao and Jamaica. July, 1736, carried to Camina. Another Vessel, [Capt] Walters, from North Carolina to Curacao, taken plundered and then discharg'd. Another Vessel 3 Months ago. Captain Playter. Neptune Snow, [Capt.] Playter, 12 th July last plundered. 15th d° rummaged again. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Ui) Nicholas Forster, mate. Mabqumc Carried on Board the Spanish ship, saw a great number of English ' 1 "" > ^^» sailors, who had been prisoners two years aboard. [The Spanish] Captain inquired what ships wen- coming from Jamaica, &c. Richmond, [Capt.] Halifax, in L729-30 went from London t«» s 1 Kits, 14"' Apl. 1730, carried to S l Jago de Cuba. Pheasant, [Capt.] Wilson, carried to Puerto Rica, stript and plundered, bound from Barbadoes to S. Carolina. 1739, Au<*. 2nd. The humble Petition of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies — To the King's most Excellent Majesty in Council. [Undated, but endorsed by Lord Wil- mington, President of the Council. " Copy of the Pe[titi]on of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies —Aug* 2* 1 1739." [The Petition] "SHEWETH — That in order to protect the trade in the East Indies, your Petitioners maintain a considerable naval force, and large garrisons at their own expence. That in the late war in the reign of Queen Anne, several privateers were fitted out from Europe to cruize in India upon your Petitioners Ships. That your Petitioners' Goveniours there would have fitted out a naval force in order to take or destroy them, but upon considering they had sufficient powers for that purpose, they were obliged to desist, whereby your Petitioners trade was exposed to the enemy and several ships were taken, and the ship Marlborough, Captain Matthew Martin, valued at upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds was attack' d, but by the bravery and conduct of the Captain and officers she got clear from them, after a fight of several days. That your Petitioners are apprehensive that attempts of the like kind may now be made, and that with sufficient powers vested in the Governors at Bombay, Fort S f George and Bengal their trade may be greatly prejudiced. Your Petitioners therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty to take their case into consideration, and that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to grant to Stephen Law Esq. Governour of Bombay, Richard Benyon Esq. Governor of Fort St George, and Thomas Braddyll Esq. Governor of Fort William in Bengal, and to the Governors of the time being, such or the like powers as are given to your Majestys Governours in the West Indies, to enable them to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal in such manner as your Majesty may think proper, or such other relief as your Majesty in your great wisdom shall think fitt. And your Petitioners shall ever pray &c. Signed by Order of the Court of Directors of the said United Company. CnnisT[oriiER] Mole, Seci-y." 1740, June 26th, Aug. 16th, and Aug. 20th. Robert Robinson to Lord Wilmington. Dated in Lincoln's Inn and anaddressed. These three letters relate to their writer's appointment as Chief Justice of Gibraltar. On the fly leaf of the earliest of them are "Some Minutes or Memorandums relating to Gibraltar," and with them are preserved two undated papers relating to the same matter; viz., "The Humble Memorial of Robert Robert Robinson, Esq', To the 150 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. rio-ht Honourable Sir Eobert Walpole and the rest of the Lords Com- missioners of his Majesties Treasury," and " A few Minutes for Lord Wilmiu "ton's inspection with relation to what appointments [are] to be allowed the Judge at Gibraltar. In his Memorial Mr. Robinson prays tbe Treasury that his salary may be fixed at £1,000 a year; that he may have a suitable provision for Out-set Money, and for erecting Courts ; and that he may have the house which was late in the possession of General [Francis] Columbine etc. 1740-41, Jan. 5th. Letter of Henry Mauger to Lord Wilmington. Dated in Guernsey and addressed to the President of the Council. 3 pp. Under cover of Peter Dobree, of Monument Yard, London, dated Jan? 13 th 1741. The writer who has for seventeen years been the King's Attorney and Solicitor in Guernsey, informs the Council as to an intricate dispute Avhich has been for long on foot between the Crown and the .Jurats of Guernsey. 1742 June 16th. Copy of a Memorial from the Commissioners of the Customs, to the Lords of the Treasury, in favour of appointing Mr. Francis Hurdd to an office in the Customs. Signed by Richard Chandler, John Evelyn, Brian Fairfax, and Isaac Leheup. Enclosed is Mr. Robert Paul's Report to the Commissioners of Customs, as to the services of the said Francis Hurdd, which is dated May 20 th 1742. 2* pp. 1742, Nov. 9th. Francis Hurdd to Lord Gower, Lord Privy Seal. The writer (" a considerable dealer in haberdashery Wares ") prays his Lordships' favour and interest in procuring him an appointment under the Commissioners of the Customs. His statement of his claims proceeds as follows : — ..." On the 12th of April 1739 I waited on Mr. [John] Hill 5ne of the Commissioners of the Customs, and represented to him that vast quantities of goods were run at Hull and other outports to the very great loss of the revenue as well as prejudice to the fair trader . By my instructions this clandestine trade has in a great measure been prevented I had the thankes of the Com- missioners for this service with an assurance of being recommended to the Lords of the Treasury for a suitable post . . . . The Earl of Orford when at the head of the Treasury was made acquainted with these particulars and promised all due encouragement ; but the elections then coming on, it was defer'd til the 30 th of June 1741, when it was referred to the Commissioners of Customs for them to report the true state of the case, and what they thought proper to be done thereon. Here also by one occurrence or other intervening it was protracted till June last, and the post which was then vacant being supply ed before their Honours' Memorial came to the Treasury ; nothing has yet been done. I have the vanity to think my services may be thought worthy a superior post than that, and do most humbly pray your Lordship's favour and interest in behalf of your Lordship's," etc. [1742 or 1743]. The Memorial of James Cockburn to the Right Hon blc the Earl of Wilmington First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. [Undated.] Humbly sheweth — That by the accompts of his late Majesty's household (delivered into the Treasury) from the 30 th June 1726 to the 11 th of June 1727, there is HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 151 £ s, a. due to the said James Cockburn to clear the accompts of wines bought by liiin, for his said Majesty's service, the sum of ...... 375 4 1 1 That there is likewise clue to him for the purveyance of charcoal, furnish'd at the contract price and for wages within the said time the sum of- - - 1,230 1 1 6J MS' £1,605 19 •". i( He therfore most humbly prays your Lordship will he pleas'd i<» give directions, when any money comes in upon his late Majesty's accompt, that it may be issued to the cofferer towards dis- charging the said debt of £1,605 19 of. Or in case there be not now any great likelyhood of any more money coming into ilit' Excheq 1 for his late .Majesty's arrears, that your Lordship will be pleas'd to take him into your compassionate consideration, and favour him with such other relief as your Lordship out of your great goodness shall think fit. And he is in duty bound shall ever pray &c\" [1742 or 1743.] The Memorial of John Earl of Loudoun, addressed to Lord Wilmington as First Commissioner of tho Treasury etc. Undated. The Petitioner prays that the arrears of the pension of £500 per annum granted to him in 1733 may be paid to him before the troops go abroad there being two years due to him. [1745.] The memorial of Sir Robert Munro, Lieut. Colonel in Lord Sempill's Regiment [the 42 nd foot]. Unsigned, undated, and unaddressed. It sets out the dates of the Commissions of the Memorialist, who was killed at the Battle of Falkirk in the following year, when Colonel of the 37 th Foot. 1753, Oct. 3rd. The Petition of Henry Spelman Gent, to the Honour- able George Townshend Esq re (M.P. for Norfolk). Dated at Norwich. H pp. The Petitioner after setting forth at considerable length his descent from Sir Henry Spelman the Antiquary, and also the careers of his father and his uncles, concludes thus : — " That your Petitioner is the only survivor of the senior branch ol Spelman, being the son of John Spelman abovementioned in the year 1737 became a Voluntier in His Majesty's Own Regiment of Horse [the 1 st Dragoon Guards], then commanded by the Right Hon bl ° the Earl of Pembroke, wherein he continu'd to serve for some time in England, and during the severall Campaigns in Germany and Flanders, in hopes ofbeing preferr'd, but not having the good fortune to succeed and the regiment returning to England in 1716 by the good offices of some friends and there being then a vacancy he purchased a Warrant and was appointed a Quartermaster in the said regiment, but the change of the Establishment thereof, from Horse to Dragoons taking place the Xmas following, he thereby became greatly affected in his circumstances and by means of the great reduction of his subsistence, and meeting with considerable losses and disappointments in his private affairs, was reduced to the necessity of disposing of his Warrant in 17 18 in order to extricate himself from the many difficulties and incumbrances he then laboured under, as many more particularly appear by bis Certificate from the said regiment, to which he craves leave to referr. And having ever siuce labourd under the misfortunes of poverty and 152 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess [being] intirely destitute of employment [he] is now reduced to groat lafff 2 ™ distress. He therefore prays such favour, recommendatiou or relief in the premises as to your great wisdom humanity and compassion shall seem meet. And your Petitioner shall ever pray. Henry* Spelman." [No date]. Copy Certificate of Service of Henry Spelman, Gent. [Enclosed in the list]. These are to certifie That the bearer Mr. Henry Spelman hath serv'd for the space of ten years, private and corporal in his Majesty's Own late regiment of Horse commanded by General Sir Philip Hony- wood, and in my troop : four years of which he served abroad in the late war with approbation. That he serv'd eight mouths as Quarter Master, till the establishment of the said regiment Avas chang'd from Horse to Dragoons. That he likeAvise serv'd after the change of the establishment, two years and a quarter as Quarter Master in the said regiment, during all which time, of about thirteen years he distinguished himself, by honestly and faithfully discharging ev'ry trust repos'd in him as became a good soldier, and subject, but by the unforeseen disap- pointments and misfortunes in his private affaire, was obliged to obtain leave to sell his Warrant, to extricate himself from the difficulties and incumbrances he then labour'd under. Given under my hand and regimental Seal in London this 12th day of March 1749-50. T. Care, IA Coll. A true Copy. The Original of the above Certificate was sign'd and seal'd, at the time mention'd, by me. T. Carr, Lt. Coll. Note. — From recitals in the petition of Henry Spelman it appears that his father, John Spelman, who died in 1741, had been Clerk and Surveyor in the " Hand in Hand " Fire Insurance Office, which was founded by his uncle Henry Spelman of Wickmer, Esq., and was called the Friendly Society ; had been afterwards a Volunteer in the 2 nd Foot Guards, then Surveyor of the duty on printed calicoes, and lastly, a Land Carriage Waiter in the Port of London, to which post he was appointed by Sir Eobert Walpole in 1735. It also appears that the Petitioner's grand father was the Rev. Charles Spelman, Vicar of Con- gan, and that the latter sold the family's Norfolk estates on the death of his father, Sir John Spelman, who was the eldest son of Sir Henry Spelman the Antiquary. 1771, May 7th. Capt. Daniel Shaw of the 62 nd Reg 4 . « To John Lees, Esq re , Private Secretary to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland." This letter is dated at Kinsdale, and endorsed " Capt. Shaw to Sir Geo. Macartney." " Dear Sir — About five weeks agoe I did presume to apply to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to succeed the Ensign of my Com- pany lately deceased in England. I once in my life had an oppertunity of exerting my self by going beyond the proper distance from my guard to rendre some small service to the present Lord Lieutenant of this Kingdom the day after the Battle of Lafelt, when he was the Hon blft Captain Townshend and aide des camp to His late Royall Highness the Duke of Cumber- land. — Notwithstanding it happened so long agoe I should imagine His Excellency may recollect the circumstance. In my last to His HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 153 Excellency I made bold to mention the afair but never will any Mai: , more. The multiplicity of State afairs I fear much will injure my Tow > ^" tNI application in feavor of my deal and most deserving young lad just in his sixteenth year well grown and properly educated, how happy I should be to have him in my own company ; Inclosed you have a detail of my services which ought to have some weight. " The enclosure above referred to is as follows : — A detail of Captain Shaw's service. 1744. — Joined the annie in Flanders a Volunteer in the 42 ni Regiment. 1715. — Left the 42nd Regim 1 and joined Lord Crawford's Corps :( Volunteer. Was in the Battle of Fontenoia [Fontenoy] ; the latter part of that day remained on the field of Battle to the very last, acted as aide ties camp. Delivered his Lordship's orders to different Regiments in retreating particularly to the 42nd regiment which can avouch the same. 1747. — Was by the Duke of Cumberland's recommendation with fourteen or fifteen more Volunteers from the British armie appointed Ensigns in the Dutch service with a promise from His Koyall Highness to be recalled whenever an oppertunity offered to be provided for in His Majestie's service. 1756. — Was recalled by order of the Duke of Cumberland and appointed first Lieutenant in the 34th Regiment with rank from the date of my Commission in the Dutch service. 1761. — Was offered a Company in the new raised levies but pre- ferred going on the Expedition against the Havanna which will appear by a letter from the Right Hon ab,e Charles Tounshend Esq 1 " the Secretary at War. 1762. — Was appointed Captain of a Company in the 42nd Regiment. 1763. — Was put on half pay when the second Battalion was reduced. 1768. — Was appointed to a Company in the 62nd Regiment where he is at present one cf the oldest officers in that Corps. Captain Shaw was at the Battles of Fontenoia and Lafelt — was at the seige cf Bergen op Zoom where he was stormed — was at the burning of the shipping at S' Malo — takeing of Cherburgh at S 4 Cas — was at the Siege of the Mure [the Moro Fort near Havanna] and reduction of the Havanna. Jacobite Papebs and Lettehs, 1703-1727. 1703. Papers relating to the Scottish Conspiracy of this year, viz. : — 1. "An account of the Conspiracy in Scotland." Cnsigned and undated. 13 pp. 2. '•The Substance of Sir John McLean's discovery to the Earl of Nottingham, No. 4." 5 \ pp. 3. " The Duke of Queeusbury's paper delivered to Her Majesty on Jan. 14th l70f, No. 14." 6 pp. 4. "The Duke of Queensbury's paper delivered to Her Majesty on Jany 10th 170£, No. 15." . o\ pp. Note. — These four papers are printed in extenso in the House of Lords' Journals of Feb* 8 th 170^, with the above titles. On the 15 th of the same month the Lords moved an Address to the Queen for the pro- duction of further papers relating to the Conspiracy, amongst which they specified certain " Letters written in a Gibberish Language." The 154 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Earl of Nottingham on Feb. 19 th , when he produced the papers that had been moved for, stated that Her Majesty thought it for the Public Service not to take any further notice of these letters. The Lords, however, entered them in their Journals on the following day, and on Feb. 23 rd presented an Address to the Queen praying her to issue a Proclamation promising a pardon and a reward of £500 to whomever should " make known to .... the Lords' Committees appointed to examine into the Scottish Conspiracy (of whom Lord Townshend was one) the Key or Cipher whereby the four letters written in Gib- berish Language may be fully explained." Amongst these MSS. are copies in the handwriting of the 2 nd Viscount Townshend of three of the Gibberish Letters with the interlinear translations given below. The three copies are dated March 4 th 1703-4 and March 5 th 1703-4, on which days, perhaps, the originals were translated to the Lords' Committee by some person acquainted with the key to them. The language of the translations would make it appear as if the informer were a foreigner. March 4th 1703-4. Translation, under this date, of the Gibberish Letter dated June 1st. 1703, and addressed " To My L d 7." " My L d , — I send by this gondellion an account of Lord three of the good luck when he had last remonstrance and particular account of the managements of this affair which at present, God be praised, to so happy an event is brought that we have all belief of speedy helps after long expectation of so many years, nothing now ruin hope but disagreement only yourselves by which will give distrust to the most timerous in the universe, and force these less forward in venturing on the bottom when they may fear it uncertain if not they do find unanimity. They hope of your in all counsells, and chiefly the Parliament present on which the eyes of Europe are fix'd. The Votes and resolutions will deter- mine in eveiything whether any expectations are left of the return of your antient and ruined family, your resolves in asserting rights your against pretended authority of false Parliament that the people Scotch will assure not so altogether corrupted without keeping some sense of their antient vertue of fidelity and honour and yet gold English so often disposed to dazzle eyes their, both in the last reigns and this not so can overcome just sense of duty toward God fidelity towards naturall Prince and affection towards native country which debauch'd by the example of the English did forget to be Scotch ; as for succession of Hannover and also the abjuration we apprehend no at all dues pliyadunes two points about which not we doubt that a party the greater toVenture too much fortindi to yield any compliance at that rate, too much fatal wou'd be a backsliding such after promises so many only they can affaires nothing to destroy and to loose good opinion which long they have taken pains to give the court French, of party honest in Scotland, not I mean this V: Mo [your Lordship] whose fidelity just from we depend but since it might be convenient to communicate this letter to others who have not your probity so perfect, I am willing these to shew what is expected from them, at the same time to shew the rocks upon which they may so good a course to split as was never more happy a juncture, so the French court never did shew greater inclination of supporting our interest present good endeavour of the noble rich and considerable Scotch and uni- versal ferment (or disposition) in that Kingdome, too much they are conspicuous not, to make clear sighted men to see his own interest and to graspe so happy a conjuncture of disengaging themselves from these difficulties in which they are entangl'd by breaking Zunamento armed his dispaire and conscience of guilt thus present happy prospect of their HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 155 affaires at this time will give power of making good all promises and assurances of late made, tin- conjunction with Bararia which here is usa. thought a matter so well concerted, Be to Leave no room of miscarriage will five so f'atall a blow to the confederacy little revicuda empire as to capacitate the French to impose laws to others, and to bring Badqfei to points his own who are too much thoughtfull not to see his own proper advantage and to consult his interest, the game of the B[avarians] falling off French will he able to dispute with the English all on the sea, which point is not only credible beyond Tweed then amongst English, but upon it depend thus they will be able it tin.) succeed to exert their generosity and us to help, if they miscarry in this •Teat affaire them will force to cast eyes upon Scotland and to endeavour a chain there to break considerable diversion thus I did give V: Mor : [your Lordship] an acount particular of affaires present 90 thai I have nothing besides with which to trouble J '.- Mor : [your Lordship] hut to beseech you [you] will exert usuallyour vigour and wisdomein carrying on affaires of our session appearing [approaching ?] and honour me to do answer speedy. I am Morion [my Lord] Vo : Mor: [your Lordship's]. June 1 st 1703. Figillissimo. 1703, March 5th. To Philotheus. Xo date to this letter. " S r , — Brought yours all satisfaction which is wonted when the I have to receive commands yours, also I must me confess apart some men did give me not small dissatisfaction to find some so senceless as not to be satisfyed except all things be carryed in a manner their own proper, I did expect the last promise which we made might give satisfaction entire to people all I w'd desire them sensible that we have severall parties tosatisfye who sh'd be distinguished only by their merit and forwardness in our service. I know that there are some chief (or forward) men whose little conscience of their own crimes too much did influence others, these beleiving that never they cou'd pardon deserve, they did not know the hereditary goodness [of] this family, which is not only to pardon but them to reward if it they shall deserve, they may depend upon such solemn assurances as were given, and as more conscious of guilt they are than others, they must endeavour by more timely penitence and zeal in the cause to obliterate the memory of crimes their, not I must think again they may play the old game as by the treaty of Breda, not we art- God be thank d in so bad circumstances as Charles the Second at this time it is better still to starve and be precarious then to obtain bread upon such barbarous and termes unreasonable, as ourselves, in better circum- stances we are so they may reflect that they are iu much worse them- selves then ancestours their half an age of years past, at that time ua- to be feared a vast majority in this country and all things did govern whereas the affair now is altered and who are willing us to serve by inclination are most considerable in all respects if they shall not act upon principall we must consult interest our and we may declare for the strongest but ought to take care never to appear too late, our King young as he is is father of all Universally will extend as before I did observe his protection to people all who shall lay hold on it, and as he will endeavour to bring to good subjects satisfaction universal] in all reasonable [things] so on the other hand not will be imposed upon and tied up from rewarding the most faithfull and the antient friends, his behaviour already fat all too much hath been to family his, and at this time not w'd want this help, when he ask'd people his if that his father and uncle not had follow'd this advice curse[d]. I desire that these gentlemen w'd consider that it will be very well if after reconciliation 156 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. they are upon equall foot with them who never did fall but to engrosse every and to exclude them who we have merit constant is most unreasonable and also barbarous imposition, which Zungi imposed necessities of Princes was made in Scotland, and not offered in other country, I am willing such temper to keep my, this affair as if your own sentiments were; without exposing this letter which Ventuni them sh'd exasperate by appearing from us, well I am assured of your inclina- tion to serve so good cause and of your interest and power them among when always you supported them by necessary friendship which not was contrary to this strict probity which most justly did bring respect from all good but none more particularly then from V: M — .you Lordship's — .]" 1703-4, March 5th. " To the late Queen at St. Germain." " Madam — In obeying the orders of V: M: [your Majesty] pressing the point to the gentleman V: M: did appoint me so that according to thought mine I did find at first much unwilling and shy which proceed's from timourousness of his nature and no want of obligation or affection towards V: M: & his Prince his service all satisfaction I cou'd from him gain is that whenever the King shall appear with power sufficient to protect his friends not will fail to have all in his power to serve the interest but as to that surrender of the place trusted to his charge me he did tell not he cou'd promise a thing which not might be in power his [to] perform, him 1 did tell that it was most absolute necessary that our friends sh'd possess any a port otherwise never we may venture a fleet on our coast y* assurances of having harbour only c'd engage France to a powerfull prosecution of affairs our ; he did reply that he cou d do no more say,that he w'd do all in his power, but as to giving anything under hand he thought it most unreasonable to be hoped for, when him I did speak that paper blanc [carte blance] he sh'd have, most generously he did reply that he w'd make no terines to those to whom there was obligation them to serve, that might (or c'd) engage thoughts of rewards to the goodness and bounty of V: M: after so generous a declaration I did think not it fitt him to press home any more in an affair which him had made uneasie he is without doubt a man of honour & upon whom V: 31: with confidence may depend, 1 required my L d Momerion the rest anhortiden [to exhort ?] our that from [from that hour ?] I have no more to trouble V:M: but to conjure in consideration to take these alterations which were requir'd little last gondeUion [courier ?], which will procure only satisfaction entire [to the] well inclined party of subjects your to give and fix the King's cause [in a] faithful [sure] way of success of which the accomplishment is the daily wish V:M: Figellissimo omilindi Sugnon ei nden Esclavansi [of your Majesty's faithful humble ■ and servant.] London Oct. 8-19 [1702]. Piiilarchcs. 170§, March 20th. Rough notes on seven sheets, in the hand- writing of Lord Towmshend, reporting the examination of certain witnesses by the Lords' Committee on the Scottish Conspiracy. The evidence here preserved is that of the following witnesses on the following dates, and it agrees with the Committee's report to the House of Lords as printed in the House of Lords Journals : — Colin Campbell, Thomas Clarke, Keith and M rs Fox, on Feb. 23 rd . Sir John Maclean and Colin Campbell, on Feb. 24 th . Colin Campbell, on Feb. 25 th . Sir John Maclean, on 25 th , 26 th , and 28 th . Sir Thomas Stewart and Furguson, on March 7 th . Campbell and Keith, on March 8th. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 157 1711, Jan. 17th. Colonel A [dolphusl Ou behaviour Major Erwyn is just arrived and desired me to assure you of his most humble respects." 1714, Augt. 24th. I) r Bernard Gardiner to D r Smallridge Bishop of Bristol. Dated at Oxford and addressed "For the R e Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Bristol near the new Chappell, West- minster." Complaining of the conduct of the soldiers recruiting in Oxford. u This day the Serjeant who makes the speech for the Volunteers to come in, after that is ended, adds words to this effect, that the people would come in to serve King George, and not be governed bj' those who have a Pope in their belli/ ' 1715, March 3rd. Lord Islay to Lord Townshend. From Edin- burgh. The writer promises to get the best information he can relative to the steps which the enemies to his Majesty's Government arc making. J 715. March 5th. Matthew Price to the same. Addressed " To the Right Hon ble the Lord Viscount Townshend Principall Secretary of State." Intelligence about a secret Jacobite assembly. The place where it met is not specified and no names are given. The writer gives his address as "Matthew Price, Callico Officer att Mr. E. Graftons — By the Horse Ferry att Chelsea." 1715, May 10th. Nouvelles de Paris le 10 May 1715. Mil[ord] Bullingbrock part pour aller fair.e sa residence dan~ le Lionnois a portee de Geneve, muni d'une bonne lettre de credit but le Chevallier Richard Cantellon Irlandois, banquicr en cette ville et Chevallier de la fa^on da Pretendant. II reconnoit a present le mauvais tour, que luy a joue le C[omte] d'Oxford, en se cachant dans sa Pro- vince, et faisant repandre le bruit, qu'il s'estoit sauve, a dessein de fain- peur a Mil[ord] Bullingbrock, et luy faire prendre le parti qu'il a prig. II reconnoit aussy, que le Pretendant a rendu un grand service an Roy George, en parlant dans son Manifesto de l'intelligence qui estoit entre luy, et la feue Reine Anne. Que par la mesmc raison il avoit aussi ruine tons ceux, qui avoient dans ce pays ete dans ses interests asseurant, qu'il n'y en avoit plus un seul qui desormais vouloit entendre parler de luy. 11 a adjoute, dit-on, sans que je sache, si ce n'est p;i^ une charite, qu'on luy prete, que cette seule demarche du Pretendant suffisoit de convnincre tout le monde, qu'il estoit vray fils de son pore. 1715, May 18th. Mons r Gullman to Lord Townshend. From Frankfort. In French. 158 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. The writer wishes the British Government to employ as their Agent in Lorraine a certain honest man who had served King William, of o-lorious memory, both by sea and land, in his tenderest youth. This person is anxious to be employed to go to Bar le Due, whence he will render an exact and faithful account of the Pretender, and of all the faces at his Court. 1715, July 9th. James Blakeway, John Hill, Jonathan Scott, Ed- ward Jones,' and Samuel Thomas to " The R 4 Honorble the Earl of Bradford att his house in Soehoe Square — London." Dated at " Salop." A letter signed by the above-named members of the corporation of Shrewsbury describing " a most notorious riott that hath happened in this Corporation," in which a meeting house was wrecked and the " goal " broken into. The riot commenced by " some few drunken idle boys .... crying out down with the round heads, noe Duke of Marlbro, Ormond for ever." 1715, July 18th. "The Information of Samuel Mence and Samuel Yardley of the City of Worcester, taken upon oath before the worship- full Benjamin Mence Esq r Mayor of the City aforesaid and Philip Bearcroft one of the aldermen and Justices of Peace of the said City." This Information states that the Mayor and Alderman Bearcroft having on July 12th committed one Henry Weeke for riot and high treason, Mr. Benjamin Pearks, one of the aldermen, to encourage the rioters, said that none but a parcell of [those] that would swear anything would swear against him and that he was an honest fellow and that he would bail him out ou the morrow morning, or words to that effect. 1715, July 22nd. Thomas Horsley to Lord Townshend. Dated at Conway. Information received from " one Samuel Webber who was in the time of the last fatal M[inistr]y, a Messenger to her late Majesty, and who was very frequently sent with dispatches to France to the Duke of Shrowsbury," that he informed the late ministry of a plot to bring in the Pretender and that they would pay no attention to him as " they were so well paid with French money." Same date. Draft of a letter from Lord Townshend to Mons r Slingelandt, and a translation of the same into French. Unsigned. " Sir — You will have seen by the publick prints that His Maiesty has vec d certain advices from abroad of an invasion designed in favour of the Pretend 1- and though the vigorous resolutions of the Parliam t and the dispositions that are making on this occasion give reason to hope that this enterprise may end in the confusion of those by whom it was sett on foot, without troubling the State[s General] for any assistance, yet as it is impossible to foresee at once how far the contagion may spread, •and since the Duke of Ormonde's flight may to[o] probably be in order to putt himself at the head of this attempt, His Maiesty knowing how r zealously the Pens[iona]ry and you are concerned for the inseparable interests of the two nations has commanded me to let you know in confidence that he hopes that in case the provision of Forces made by Parliament should not be sufficient he hopes he may depend upon the States [General] letting him have 5 Regiments of the Scotch his subjects which are now in their service. His Majesty chose rather to make this overture to you and to the Pensionary than to write to the States upon this subject at first, as well to avoid the alarm such a step might cause as to prevent that delay and opposition which might be raised by the friends of France if such a proposition were brought into HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 159 the States directly without any previous deliberation. Hi- Majesty desires mvk. to receive your answer with all possible speed, and promises himself ' that in case of need there will be DO dilliculty to grant this assistance. 1715, July 23rd. George Lucy to Colonel Otfghton. Dated at "War- wick " The Fosse mustered at Warwick near 300 men with such firelocks as could be gott, I hope suilitient to dislodge the rioters .... you will observe by the Journal] our intentions of approaching Birmingham about Tuesday." 1715, July 27th. A letter signed by the Karl of Sutherland, A. Grant, John Forbes, J. Campell, William Gordon and Robert Muuro and addressed " To The Right Hon bl ° The Viscount Tounsend principall Secretary of State"; begging the favour of an appointment for an interview with him on a subject of great moment for his Majestie's service. 1715, July 30. Major J. Wyvill to the same. Dated at Manchester. Since writing three days before there have been no riots. Lieut. Colonel Holley, Major to Gen 1 Carpenter's Dragoons, arrived yesterday, and attempted to supersede the writer in the command of the King's troops at Manchester but the writer threatened to put him in arrest till Lord Townshend's commando were known. 1715, Aug. 1st. Mons r Gullmann to the same. Dated at Frankfort. In French To-day our man writes me from Bar le Due (under date the 20th) that the Pretender was there with his prel ended mother, and their suite who were about 50 persons, all well affectioned for him. That the Pretender was preparing to start two days later for Nancy with Queen Mary to try to dispell the vexation they felt at the ill success of their affairs. That courriers reached them every day but that for lack of sufficient means he had not attempted to learn the contents of their despatches which were kept very secret. That he (the Pretender) had returned some time from Nancy and from Luneville. As for the current report that someone had attempted his life it was only a false alarm which laid hold of them for the following reason ; an English priest having arrived at Bar le Due was at the Pretender's Palace when he said that he wished to speak to him immediately. From the suspicions they had of him because he would not unburden himself to any one but the Pretender they imagined that he sought the latters life and that he was sent by his enemies to rob him of it ; that his servants thereupon closed the doors and the priest was threatened with the severest tortures. However it appeared, after a severe examination, that he was a courrier, des- patched by his friends in England, and that he brought good news, which made the Pretender's people change their tone and flattered him so much that he presented him with five or six hundred crowns. 1715, Augt. 19. Dr. Trimnell, Bishop of Norwich, to the same. The writer understands that Lord Townshend has heard from Mr. Turretin from Geneva to beg his good offices with the King for the recovery of a young gentleman out of the hands of the priests in the dominions of the King of Sicily. There is a fresh Alarm there about the Pretender but we are in a better condition to receive him than we were some time ago. 1715, Augt. 20th. to . In French dated at the Hague, and endorsed " M r S." The writer learns that the States General have determined that the two vessels that were equipping at Ostend for the Pretender (as is supposed) shall be detained until their destination be known. At 160 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Versailles they say the King has been ill from a surfeit and that the Pretender's project got wind by being communicated to the English Court by the French Ministers. 1715, Augt, 25th. William Eden to Lord Townshend. Dated at Birmingham. " Since the arrival of the King's messengers all things have been very quiet .... the Eyes of many of his majestie's poor mislead subjects be- all perish. i have used gentle means too long, and sec I'll be forced to put other orders and I have in execution. 1 have sent yon inclosed an order for the Lordship of rlildrummie which you are immediately to tntimat to all my vassals If they give ready obedience it will make some amends, and ii' not ye may tell them from me that it will not be in my power to serve then (were I willing) from being treated as enemies by those who air ready soon to joyn me, and they may depend on it, that 1 will be the first to propose and order their being so. Particularly let my own tennants in Kildrummy know that if they come not forth with their best arms that I will send a party immediately to burn what they shall miss taking from them, and they may believe this not only a threat, but by all that's sacred I'll put it in execution, let my loss be what it will that it may be example to others. You are to tell the Gentlemen that I'll expeel them in their best accoutrements on horse back and no excuse to be any let off. Goe about this with all diligence and come your self and let me know your having done so, all this is not only as ye will be answerable to me but to your King and country." Your assured freind and servant, Sic suhscribitur M.yki:. l71o, Sept. loth, dames Anderson to Lord Toiv/is/icnd? From Edinburgh. Unaddresscd " I had advices from Perth and Dundee both of yesterday's date. That from Perth bears that the Quality and Gentry in the north are gathering about Blairgowry, Couper, of Angus &c. And are about 4 or 500 Horsemen who that night or too morrow were to come there and proclaim the Pretender and to overturn the Magistracy there and settle new ones of their own ap- pointing. Mar nor any other fool had not yet joined them and that tlie disaffected there were very uppish. Prom Dundee that they daily expect 100 Horse there to proclaime the pretender and that it was talked confidently they wou'd be there tomorrow That it was talkl there that D[uke of] Berwick was landed Tis also reported that some of Mar's vassalls refuse to rise with him and that he threatens them -with fire and sword. Yesterday afternoon the Dukes of Argyll and Roxburgh arrived safe here; and yesternight Brigadier Granl was ordered to take care of. the Castle where the prisoners of the tolbooth here that wer\3 taken the night of the design upon thai are carried to this evening. This day ane express was sent to Newcastle to the commanding officers of Carpenter and Ker's Dragoons to hasten their march hither and Buch directions I hear are given as 'tis hoped we shall have here very soon a handsome army " 171.), Sept. 17th. to = — . Unsigned and unaddressed. "I would write to you oftner if any thing occurred worth troubling the Post Masters in the firsl place with reading, and afterwards yourself. » . . . . The public prints have sent Charles Kainard into France; i: 24953. b 162 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. I really thought him all this while in the Highlands Carteret ami Boscawen are gone post into Cornwall, upon what arrand the Lord knowes, for if we are to believe what we arc told all prospect of a disturbance is over." This, and the similar letter of Sept. 5th, are endorsed " Copies of letters taken upon S r W ,n Wyndham." 1715, Sept. 18th. Charles Lovell to the Lords in Council'? From Dover. Unaddressed. " Right Honourable Sirs last night at eight came over M r Barton (of late one of the King's messengers) who went for London immediately, he could tell me no news. Mas[te]r Browne who was principally intended to have been taken up by my Lord Townshend's Warrant which M r Wilcox came down with is now come from Holland and is in towne here .... I believe 'twill not be possable to come at any wrightings of his because (but by what means I know not) I hear he's apprised of his being designed to have been taken up with Driscall" 1715, Sept. 21st. Colonel the Hon. Hatton Coinptou, Lieutenant, of the Tower, to Lord Townshend. Dated in the Tower. " My Lord — This morning at six a'Clock I received an order from the Privy Councill, and since that I have the honour of another letter from your Lordpp. both directing without loss of time my regulating the Militia of the Tower Hamletts, to be in readiness to march when- ever His Majesty's service shall require ; this is to acquaint your Lordpp that there is no Horse belonging to the Tower Hamlets bul two very strong Regiments of Foot; and [they] are ready to march when His Majesty pleases. I am etc. [P.S.] This morning early I gave orders for the searching for, and seizing all Papists, Jacobites, and Non-Jurors, according to orders." Same date. Lord Dupplin to the same. Dated in Leicester Fields " a quarter after seven in the morning " and unaddressed. "My Lord — M r Nightingale is here with your Lordship's Warrant to bring me to your Lordship. I'm ready to wait upon your Lordship whenever you please. I only beg the favour of your Lordship that the messenger may have orders to stay here with me, till your Lordship is ready to examine me, My wife is just now in labour, which makes me give you this trouble. I am," etc. 1715, Sept. 23rd. Council Minutes, in the handwriting of Lord Townshend, dated at Whitehall : — [That] an extract of Lord Hay's letter relating to the ships who are cruising on the coast of Scotland be sent to the Admiralty for their opinion and to desire in case they approve of what is therein propose[d] they wou'd send directions accordingly, to thank the Mayor of Glascovv. that the Lord Hay be removed out of his house by the messenger into custody. A Councill [must be held] for [drawing up] a Proclamation for the apprehending Sir William Wyndham. 1715, Sept. 3<'th. Lord Carteret to Spencer Compton. Dated al St owe and unaddressed. " Sir — I still persist in my opinion that there will be no troubles in the West; notwithstanding there are many people in very ill humour, the design being so happily discoyer'd, that disaffected persons are so dampt, that they rather strive to smother their own contrivance then to bring it ♦■-hear. If any insurrection shou'd be in this country, we are in a had posture of defence. I sent a messenger last Wednesday to Mr. Boscowen, historical manuscripts commission. 163 who lives fifty miles westward from me, that if there shon'd be any maeq occasion, we may take tho best means we can. The county about me '" v \j- liaa been alarm'd bya flying report thai the Tinners are in arms upon the account of Sir Richard Vivyian's being in custody, l>m nothing of it was true when it was said, and 1 have mil heard anything these two day e ; however several! gentlemen have been here begging m) protection, and assuring me thai they will follow me for the King's Ben ice, if any rebellion shou'd break out here. I heartily wish that all things here may be quiet ; the observation 1 make is, that the discontented people are rather cold to the present government, than dispos'd to venture anything againet it. I know you will do me the justice to thinke that I will do all 1 can for the best ; and 1 will have the vanity to say, that not one of the Kings Bubjecte is ready to hazard more in hie service, than 1, to the utmost of roj mean abilities, will be. I thank you for your second letter and am sorry to find so near [a] kindsraan as Sir William Wyndham is to me so deeply engaged. If any thing happens within my knowledge — you shall have a speedy account of it. I am, yours, Cabtebet." 1715, Oct. 31st. Minis 1 ' II. de Caris to Lord Townshend. In French. Dated at Ostend and unaddressed. The writer explains the precautions he is taking to prevent the em- barkation of the Pretender from Ostend or its environs. 1715, Oct. 7th. "Nouvelles de Paris." in French. Unsigned. " The adherents of the Pretender whose numbers are much increased for some months past no longer conceal that they have a revolt all ready to break out in England in favour of that of Scotland, but notwithstanding their entreaties the Pretender postpones his departure from time to time, and one sees sufficiently clearly that he thinks he would expose himself too much as yet if he were to cross over to England " [1715?], Oct. 10th. Council Minutes in the handwriting of Lord Townshend. Endorsed " Oct. 10 th . .Minutes:" — To seize Row a Dyer at the Elephant and Castle in Drury Lane and search his house for one Painter and one Rowe his brother. That the western waggons be searched at the several inns for arms. To refer the informations sent by M r Boscowen to the Attorney [General]) in order to have indictments prepared against as many as there are two witnesses against for H[igh] Treason, in order to have the said indictments proved at the first opportunity. Thai there lie an advertisement in the (la/,[ette] promising a reward of 100 1 ' to any one that shall discover 30 a> to bring to justice an\ of the persons mentioned in the said informations. 1715. Oct. 11th. " Nouvelles de Paris." In French. Unsigned. "The revolt of the Scotch uiakes much noise here, and the adherents of the Pretender say out loud that there is a considerable one | preparing] in England which must break out shortly, and as tiie Duke of Ormond has disappeared for the last two days it is believed he has left to put himself at the head of that party, and it i- asserted that many persons of consideration are mixed up with it. There is positive news that the Pretender was still at Bar le Due, and that he always refused to leave before seeing more daylight in his hopes " 1715, Oct. 17th to Oct. 27th. Copies of four letters from the Earl oi •Mar. dated at Perth and Aucherarder, and addressed to Lord Keiimure and to Mr. Thomas Forster (M.P.for Northumberland) who is addressed L 2 104- HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Towashixd as ' ^ r Forrester.' Each of these letters is endorsed " Received i'rom mss. ' Major Browne — Jo. Micklethwaite." 1715, Oct. 18th. Michael Pallister to the Honorable General Wills at Preston. Endorsed: "Received 26th Novb 1 ' 1715 — from Major Browne — Jo : Micklethwait." " Sir, — I have sent you a list of those gentlemen that ioined the; rebels about Lancaster and Preston as i have the account from a neighbor of this place.'" The list, which is headed " Lancaster Papists," is as follows : — My LordMollineux of Bardsey, M r Walton of Windermore, M r Hodg- son of Leighton, M 1 ' Cams of Halton, M 1 ' Dalton of Thurnham, M r I hitler of Rawcliffe, M r Leyborn of Naleby, M r Cliftons of Lytham, M* Westbys of Bourne, M r Tyldesleys of Lodge, M r Whittinghara of Whittingham, M r Threlfall of Ashes, M r Shuttleworth of Brooksidc, M r Shuttleworth of Turnover, M 1 ' Plesington of Dimples, M r Hesketts of Goosnargh, M 1 Townley of Townley. M r Brockholes of Claughton, H 1 ' Winckley of Banister hall, M 1 Walmsley of Showley, S 1 ' Francis Anderton of Lostock. 1715, Oct. 23rd. Copy of a letter from Francis Campbell and A. Campbell " to Glengary and the Cap 1 of Clanronald." " Wee send the bearer to you that you may lett us knowe what further damage has come to your knowledg, wee will as soon as wee can make a strict and impartial enquiery into it, and as you desire in your letter will send after you, with a line to one of you two with ane account of it and wee are," etc. No date. Copy of a memorandum, in the same handwriting as the last. Signed by Alex r Macdonald and headed " Declaration of Glen- gary." It states that in Oct. 1715 at Inveray the Earl of Yla appointed Clanronald and Glengary to treat with Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell and L* Coll Campbell of Finab on the part of General Gordon, and it was agreed that Gordon and his people should abandon Argyllshire and compensate the poor people for their losses, and on the other hand that the Hanoverian troops should not molest the clans. It was after this treaty that the Earl of Broadalbin [Breadalbane] and his men were allowed to make their escape out of Argyllshire. Most of the tenants of the Duke of Argyll on his lands of Morvene were in arms at Sheriffmuir with Lochiel, and though Lochiel had with him all of the Camerons from the Marquis of Huntley's property in Lochaber it was by the positive, orders of the Marquis. The money that was promised as a pension to the Clans by the late Queen Anne " of which latter they did never gett any " was for the readily assisting her Majesty against all her enemies at home or abroad. The last two papers are endorsed " Inf[ormatio]ns relating to the D[uke] of A[rgyll]." 1715, Oct. 24th. "Instructions given by the Earl of Mar to a certain person to be communicated to the King's friends be south Forth." An endorsement in nearly the same words gives the name of the person to whom these instructions were sent as M rs Miller, and it bears a further endorsement : " Received 26 th 9ber 1715 — from Major Browne, — Jo : Micklethwait." 1715, Oct. 28th. A Memorandum, in French, endorsed "Avis de M 1 ' de Pettecu[m] 28 Oct. 1715." It is headed [in French] " Secret advice as to the designs of the Pretender on the Kingdoms of Great Britain which I have had the 28 th of October 1715." HISTORICAL HANtJSi BIPTB < « >MW I - - [< encourage a general rising to compel his Majesty to divide his forces and to prevenl his sending more troops into Scotland, of which country Lord Mar will try to render himself the master. The Pretender on his arrival in Scotland will summon a Parliament to regulate the succession to the Crown and to denounce as traitors the adherenl ! of his Majesty, and will publish a new Manifesto inviting the nation to submit itself, in which lie will promise to make no changes in Religion and to have Mass only said for him in his chamber. The Catholics in England furnish every month a sum of money for thi.s enterprise and the Court of Borne has promised fifty thousand crowns a month. The Duke of Berwick who has received letters from the Pretender has been to see the ex-Queen, lie has given orders to prepare his equipage which is to leave in a vessel from Brest. He is about to ask the Regent for permission to serve his King which will probably be refused but nevertheless he will follow the Pretender. The Pretender has not chosen to hazard himself rashly on the assu- rances that have reached him from England and Scotland, and he will not be decided to start without being sure of external assistance. Ho will embark in Normandy on board of a vessel he has purchased. At the instigation of the Court of France he has sent a confidential agent to Madrid to l>eg his Catholic Majesty to fulfil his promises and assist him to mount the throne of his ancestors. By the same advice he has applied to the King of Sicily, to whom it is represented that he is interested through relationship (being the next heir to Great Britain should the Pretender die childless) and besides that he ought to fear a close union between the Emperor and the King of ( !re:it Britain. Tho.-e who have pressed the Pretender to undertake this enterprise. assure him that all Scotland will declare for him immediately he lands, and that the discontent in England is so general that there will be a rising in every county. That the army itself is divided and that tin; King cannot trusl it. That both officers and men are equally disgusted with the Butch troops being brought over. A certain Ecclesiastic lias written to one of his friends in Prance that the Pretender has no need of troops to defeat the English Army. His presence alone will suffice, and a single pathetic address would make them throw down their arms. Prance to deprive the King of foreign assistance will foment the \var in the North and encourage, by subsidies, certain princes of the Empire to aid the King of Sweden. Up to the present time those who are opposed to the Ministry in England have not declared themselves for the Pretender. The Duke of Ormond and Lord Bolingbroke hold out hopes that they will do so so soon as the Pretender shall land and shall have regulated an.! confirmed, the liberties of the Church of England and of the Nation. 1715, Nov. 1st. Prom to . Unsigned and unaddressed. Endorsed u Keceived 26 tb Novb: 1715— from Major Browne, — Jo. Micklethwait." 106 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. The writer gives an account of the mutiny of Some Highlanders at Langholme. for want of pay, when ordered to march to England. Same date John Campbell to Lord Townshend. Dated at Edin- burgh. Unaddressed " Wee are .ill soe sensible of the great service the Duke of Argyll did to this town, in preventing tin' danger it was in, of falling into the hands of the enemie, and how absolutelie necessary it is for the King's service to preserve it, that wee have been at the expence of making such works at all the avenues of it, as may render it defencible ; without giveing his Grace the trouble of a detachment from the little army he has to employ against the designs of the enemy at Perth, which your Lordship will judge is of as great importance as Stirling to his Majestie's service. I am sorry to fynd both from the printed papers and private letters that soe bad acc ts of our affairs are sent to London Since I began to write this letter I have advice that the three regim ts of Clay- tone, Marsone and Egertone, are landed from Ireland, Egerton's with 2 companies of Clayton's wer last night at Glasgow, the rest are on ther march. I shall not pretend to give your lordship any account of the rebels al Perth since by this express the Duke of Argyll writes to your lord- ship or M r Stanhope. And as for those in the south wee have noe certain accounts of them since they arrived at Howick wher they were in great confusione oniie that some of the Highlanders were comeback to Selkirk which I beleive may be deserters from them, 1 am not affraid that the Highlanders will ever attempt goeing to England unless joyned by a considerable more number which I hope now is prevented since these three Regim ts are landed. I am, etc. [P.S.] The Inclosed copie of a letter from Jedburgh will show your lordship the disorder these Rebels are in." 1715, Nov. 2nd. General Cadogan (afterwards Lord Cadogan) to . Dated at Brussels and unaddressed. " This minute Mons r Plessen is arrived here from Nancy, and has brought the particulars contained in the enclosed relation of the Pretender having left Commercy early on Wednesday last, in order to go through France into England . . .' . the Barrier Treaty will I hope be signed on Thursday next. I have, etc., William Cadogan." 1715, Nov. 5th. Two Informations sworn before Tobias Paine, Mayor of Oxford, and William Wright, J. P., by Daniel Houghton and Mathew Wisdom ; relative to the finding of a large number of sword- blades, etc., in the house of one George Vincent, a cutler. 1715, Nov. 6th. Sir Jonathan Trelawney, Bishop of Winchester, " To the Lord Bishop of Norwich Clerk of the Closet to the King at his hous in Stretton Street neare Devonshire hous Westminster." Endorsed. " Bp Winchester upon signing the Declarat' 1 ." " My very good Lord, 1 becktv'd the expresse fryday at night, and having sign'd it with both my long names at length to shew 1 did it heartily. 1 for- warded it to our brother of Oxon, lis admirably well drawn, and 1 wish it had been sooner 1 bought on; and why is it not forthwith printed 'i it will doe more to quashing the rebellion than an army, at least a Scotch one can, or will. I am with greate respect and affection Your most faithful servant and loving brother Jonathan Winchester." HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1 n7 Same date. An anonymous letter of advice from Oxford. T M ,*^** 8 Unaddressed. H88. '• My Most Honored Lord, — The Soldiers keep us here in good order at night. We have Bcarce bad any tumults except <»m Monday night Bome scholars in Catstreel mel a file of soldiers, and after they had pass'd them they cry'd out an Ormond and a Bolingbroke and the Pretender. Upon which two musquetts were fir'd after them, bul without doing hurt. This bap'ning the lirst nighl has struck such a terror, that I be- lieve will contribute much to our future peace. Many of the scholars had form'd a design to corrupt the soldiers b\ giving them money, and enter- taining them in their butteries and kitchins, bul the officers have had timely notice of this; and on Fryday two soldiers run the gantlope for drinking Ormond and Bolingbroke's healths, and confusion to their officers. This fad hap'ned a1 Wadham Coll [ege], and the soldiers wereseduc'd to it by four scholars, who were conven'd before the Vice- Ch[ancello]r, bul the proofs being not full enough, the Vice-Ch[an- cello]r thought fit to dismiss them without punishment. On Fryday in the evening the officers search'd for arms, and at Vincent I lie 'cutler's, they sci/'d 120 large cutting swords. About 10 at night the C'oll[onel] sent for me and acquainted me with the success he had at Vincent's, but Kthersey and the rest had convey'd away their arms, having had suspicion of a search. Upon perusal of Vincent's hooks which were seiz'd I found a Memorandum] which 1 believe will be of use to the Government. The Memorandum] was this > A mercer in town. Of All Souls 1 believe. A Baker. A Milliner. A Quarter-M[aste]r in the Militia under Lord Abington. Now all these persons are violent Jacobites ; and that Jones of All- Souls is meant by Jones I have reason to think, because he was the person hinted at in my first letter, who was seen at Vincent's the day Coll[onel] Pepper search'd for Owen, and it is more than probable the letter (fat the head of the numbers signifies dozens, and what these dozens should be besides swords which are lodg'd with these persons i can't imagine. It appears likewise by the books sonic swords have been delivered to Bayly the Cheshire Carrier. I had very little time to look into the books, or else 1 believe further discoveries might have been made. 1 design to get them privately into my chamber, with one of the officers, and then your Lorddship will hear further from me. Yesterday we kept here with due solemnity (illuminations excepted). Bells were rung, and bonfires made in most parishes without dis- turbance. I hope to hear the same good order was preserv'd in London and Westminster, tho' I was infomi'd, that the Tory mob had given h. challenge to the Whigs and were resolv'd to engage them last night. We have lately had two or three robberies committed in the London road near the town. The persons are known to the Buckingham-shire men, but are not yet taken. Lord 11. is \er\ well and gives his service. M r Talbot I hear is in town, but I have not yet seen him. I am with all duty, my Lord, — Your Lordship's most obedient and II: Sorv 1 " M r Vicery - 6 d M r Vicery - 3 M r .Jones - 6 M 1 " Thatcher - 6 M r Sherwin - (J M 1 ' Greenway . 2 HISTORICAL M x t '■ SCRIPTS COMMISSION, 1715, Nov. 9th. A list of signatures dated at Preston, and en- dorsed," Received 26 th Nov br 1715 — from Major Browne — J: Miekle- thwait." This list is headed ''All Gentlemen who are come to this place lo serve his Majesty are desir'd to set their names to this paper, and such as have been in the army to mention the post in which they served." The signatures are : Robert Cotton, John Trafford, Richard Towne- iey, Richard Gascoigne, Robert Scarisbrick, Jordan Langdale " served two vears under Coll. Sheldon and three years under Coll. Dorington," Hugh Anderton, Charles Chorley, William Nelson " serv'd under Captin Eccleston as Quarter Master of Horse," Richard Chorley " Ensign in Coll. Gage's Regiment," Alexander Osbaldiston, John Cotton, Francis Anderton, Roger Diccinson " Lieut nt under Coll : Gage and town Major of Chester." Francis Legh " Capt : of a Man of War," Lionel Walden, John Leyburne "Lieutenant," Cuthbert Hesketh, Richard Chattesworth of Brockside " sub-brigadier in the Guards under the Duke of Berwick," Thomas Carus, Albert Hodshon, Edward Howard of Norfolk, Ralph Standish, Thomas Stanley, and Ralph Grappe. [No date.] The following Jacobite Proclamation is endorsed : — " Received 26 th 9 ber 1715 — from Major Browne — Jo : Mieklethwait." Br the King. A Proclamation. — James Rex. Whereas by the Laws and Constitution of these Realms our native born Prince James the Third immediately upon his father, demise had the sole unquestionable right to these his paternall here- ditary dominions and our Gratious Soveraign now coining to assert his own right and relieve his Kingdoms from the tyranicall oppression arbitary power and foreign yoke under which they groan There- eoee we Noblemen Gentlemen and others his Majesty's faithfull subjects being now met together in obedience to his royall commands and being fully resolv'd to spend our lives and fortunes in his Majestie's service for the promoting his happy restoration the reestablishment of the Constitution in Church and State and the deliverance of our native county Do hereby unanimously and in concert with others his dutifull subjects in many different parts of these Realms with heart and voice proclaim notifie and declare to all men that the most august and high born Prince James the third by the grace of God King of England &c : Defender of the Faith is the only vightfull and lawfull Soveraign of the Realms to whome alone we acknowledge our allegience and subjection to be due inviting hereby alibis Majestie's faithfull and loyall subjects of both nations to join with us in his service and promising to stand by them in the prosecuting of these glorious ends. Gor» Save tiie King. 1715, Nov. 10th. E. Francke " To the R f Hon We the Earl of Dar- wenl water." Endorsed: — "Received 26 th Novb. 1715 — from Major Browne— Jo. Mieklethwait." The writer, who is in confinement on suspicion of concealing arms, begs his Lordship to use his interest for his enlargement, and explains that the arms in question were delivered to Sir Henry Houghton, who was Colonel of the Militia of the Hundred from which he is writing. 1715, Nov. 11th. The Parole signed by Thomas Wybergh, a prisonei in the hands of the Jacobite General Forster at Preston in Lancashire, under which he undertakes to get himself exchanged within twenty days for Allen Ascough, Esq 10 , a prisoner in the hands of the Governor BSfl HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 169 of Carlisle, or else (o return to the said General Forster'fl army and Mai continue his prisoner during his pleasure. Endorsed as the last. 171"), Nov. 15th. Lord Carlisle to Lord Townshend, (Jnaddn Dated at Preston. " My Loud, The Exp i day morning by M 1 Wills [Genera] Willes] would acquaint your Lordship that the rebella have surrender^] ai discretion I being particularly well acquainted with ray Lord Parwentwater and my Lord Witherington (and they being at this lime under greal dejection of mind) I thought this might be a proper lime to dye if they were disposed to make a confession. I therefore layM before them in the best maimer I could the little reason they had to expect the King's mercy unless they did some thing very material of this kind to deserve it. I asked them several questions, and particularly I told them they must know what part Sir William Blackett, my Lord Downe and some Bishopbrig Gentlemen had in this undertaking I am really of opinion that they do not know much, I believe they had promised M r Forster, whenever he called upon them they would rise and that they were so simple as to do it, and to believe him when he told them, that all England would do the same. I have advieed M r Wills to call upon M 1 ' Forster to refund all the publick money he obliged the King's officers to pay in the places through which he marched. I have likewise desired him to take particular care, that no innocent person be carryd away when the prisoners are removed, for I am afraid several of the country people were in the disorder and confusion hurried into the church, with the rebells, that being the place where they are at present secured. 1 shall return home tomorrow with great ease of mind hopeing wee may live quietly now if good care be taken of my Lord Man-. [P.S.] Allmost all the Roman Catholicks of Northumberland, and of this county arc now in your power." 1715, Nov. 22nd. James Craggs to the same. Dated at Preston and unaddressed. "My Lord, I had stopd Major Brown whom M l * "Wills [General Willes] was dispatching to London till I receiv'd the letter your Lordship was pleased to write me last Saturday. It came to my hand- this minute, and tho I could wish my powers had been somewhat fuller, 1 don't despair of making such a use of it as may answer your Lordship's expectations, for by what f understand of M r Forster's behaviour he semis to think himself that this will be the only means to preserve his life and family, tho in his professions he has said he was ready to doe any thing becoming a man of honour so that I cannot judge how he will understand that to be effected by my propositions till I come to talk with him. He is certainly the man that can speak to some purpose if he pleases. I may also as 1 see occasion try my Lords Derringwater and Widdington. 1 hear the first seems most desirous to doe somewhat to save his life, the hitter's conduct has been sensible and in his principle more; steddy, saying that he had no other eucoura^em 1 to take arms, but that he thought he should make a bad figure with his religion and his opinion to sit still in ibis cause when his neighbours and so many others had. That he had first propos'd to surrender and by that means sav'd many of his subjects lives, which if he could obtain he would deserve it by his future conduct. These are the only nan one can hope any good from. And your Lordship will find M r Wills had sent 170 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. thorn two days agoe to Wigan, where they are followed this morning by the rest of the prisoners in their way to London. However I thought it proper to come on to this place, I shall goe I lure again tomorrow morning and stay as long as I judge it to any purpose, from whence I will send your Lordship punctuall accounts of what passes, tho I hope after a day or two's residence to bring you my accounts myself. The powers for holding Court Martials being only directed to Gen 11 Carpenter, M r Wills does not think himself authorised to execute the half pay officers and other deserters. He sends up to Maj r Brown the lists of the prisoners and other intercepted letters of DerringWater Widdrington and Forster. J tind this expedition was as fortunate for the conjuncture as any other circumstance because the rebells in two or three days would certainly have been joyned by as many thousands well armed and mounted, but now one would wonder where all these disaffected people are gone, for you meet thro all these countrys with none that are not ready to live and dye by King George and the Government. 1715, Nov. 23rd. The same to the same, from Preston. " My Lord, This is only to rectify a mistake in my letter of yesler- day, Major Brown being detained by Gen 11 Wills till this morning, that went by the post, and he will set out with the lists of prisoners and their papers this morning, I am also going to Wigan three hours hence, from. whence I will trouble your Lordship but with one letter, and follow it very close my self ; My Lord Orkney has sent an express here to M r Wills with a letter to intercede for Lord Ch. Murray, his nephew a son of Lord Bazil Hamilton, and an officer in his own Regim* one Dalzell. He says he has spoke to the King and the Duke of Marlbro who bid him send. Wills has lost the letter or I would send it your Lordship. This morning Coll° Killigrew is march'd into quarters at Lancaster with Dormer's regim 1 and part of the prisoners to be put into the Goal. The Brigadier is in a fair way of recovery. I am," etc. Same date. General George Carpenter to . Dated at Notting- ham and unaddressed. '*Sir, — Having writt to you of my coming to this place, I was in hopes to find your commands here. I had a letter from M r Pulteney telling me onely, that his Majesty judg'd itt necessary for his service I should continue here till a more perfect account of affaires from Scot- land ; so tis likely I may be sent there, haviag offered my self lately : as I did before to follow the rebells with fresh troops in case they should have gott by me northward. Sir, after having chac't the rebells a month, with unusuall difficultys and fatigue, saving Newcastle by dilligence, and att last, driving them into the neit, where I was present and commanding att taking them ; tis a great mortification that M r Will's who march't but two days and made a rash attack, highly blameable, by loosing so many men to no purpose, (of which you will hear more) excepl to serve his ambition by ending itt before I came up should have friends to magnify what he did so as to prevail on his Majesty to make him Lieut, dlen' 1 for his good services; and no notice taken of me nott so much as a compliment. This is very unequal! treatment, and a great discouragement to me, having serv'd well, and with success; for the cheif prisoners assur'd me and others that ;i> soon as they saw my detachment from the steeple the Lord Widdrington who was in the churchyard said very loiul before their men that they were all undone, and upon that they consulted to ask HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 171 termes, which tlicy did in 4 houves after my arrival!, thd not( yeilded lilt , nexi morning. Twas I thai insisted thai Lord Darwentwater and one of the Makintochrs should come oul hostages, and was with them arguing their having do termes ; thd 1 have good reason to believe Wills assumes to have done .-ill himself. One very great faull I com- mitted, viz. just us wee were mounting t<> go into the towne M 1 Wills was taking on him greal command] at1 which I us'il him very freely, and was going to putt him in arrest, butt my Lord Carlisle who was present, and Lord Lumley begg'd me notl to do itt, and indeed att thai instant itt might have proved fatal! to his Majesty's Service, for the rebells bad vet possession of their armes and the towne; and Wills w.-ts likely enough to have call'd the troops that came with him to sup- port him. So I < 1 i * 1 not do itt; and when in the towne I made another false step very unthinkingly. For seeing there would Dott be cover for half the forces, out of pitty and care of those harass't troops that came with mo, I sent them away to good quarters att Wigan, and so on to these they are now in, which I after imagin'd took the command from me, when none of my troops were there; so could not putt him in arrest, thd he deserved itt. I find the prints give him all the power and ap- plause, I suppose by his own or some friends direction, and I fear his Majesty may be under that mistake also, which makes me de-irons to come to London, otherwise no busyness or ease should hinder my pressing to go on service, th6 a winter's campagne in Scotland, which however I am willing to do, provided I have justice done me in this affair, for itt must be sett right. I desire your friendship in reading over this letter again with attention, and then I know your justice is so great, that I shall nott suffer in my reputation or any other respect by toy absence. I intreat the favour of a line in answere, and am, etc. [P.S.] I have writt to the Duke of Marlborough and referr'd his Grace to this letter which please to shew him." 1715, Nov. 24th. dames Craggs to Lord Townahend. Unaddressed. Dated at Wigan. " My Lord — 1 arrived here last nighr. and had M r Forster to sup with me, I told him in the best manner I could the reason why I desired his company, and the behaviour by which he might deserve the King's mercy. He answer'd me that if he were to declare all he knew it would come far short of what he believ'd might be expected from him and then he doubted he should not be thought to deserve his pardon when he had no more to say. All the information 1 could get from him amounted to this, that he had promis'd the Duke of Ormond to rise, whenever he should land,bu1 was precipitated into it sooner by the order to seize him, that he came out of town when the Duke made Ins escape. He does not own any conceit with other people. I.ut says in general he Look'd on the whole body of the Torys to be in it. That he has indeed been in COmpanya where their King's health has been drunk but unless he had his pardon does not see to what purpose he should he more particular, for he imagines he should he suppos'd to know a great deal more. So we have parted on these terms, that il when he comes to London he t Links I may be of any service to him, which I can only be by his potting it in my power, I shall be ver) ready to wait on him and intercede fur him. So we have parted with this only and no promise of my side, and I would observe to your Lordship that the same thing as to my part has concluded my conferences with ever] onetowhome L have spoke. The next was my Lord Derringwater ; he swears he was in no secret himself bul will he very ready to relate any Former passages he can recollect and promises on the road to make it hi> 172 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. business to get what information he can from the other prisoners and acquaint mc with it at London. My Lord Widdrington says the same tiling as to his own ignorance of what measures were intended and promises but with more reserve than the former that if he can persuade any of them to tell any thing material they know to save their lives he will use his utmost endeavour, but thinks he cannot betray anything they should say without their consent. I have also discours'd one Gas- coigne and a gamester who had fled with the Mac Donalds and others from the Bath, and fell into this gang by chance. He tells me he was in no deep secret, but understood there Sir W. YVyndh[am] Sir W. Carew and Sir Copplest[bne] Baiifield were to rise, that he had been told my Lord Gore was in it, but it was in a gen 11 way of talking amongst the Jacobites and he could not be more particular, only they were drunk with an opinion their game was secure. The last man I entertain' d is one Tunstall a B[oman] Catholick who has been very active, but he seems also as determin'd, and rejects with great con- tempt the character of an informer. In all these conversations I had the assistance of Coll Neist who had had the chiefs at his quarters at Preston, and in case they will or can make any new discovery at London would be very usefull, for he's a very sensible man and has been very civil 1 to them. I am afraid this will not appear to your Lordship a very great piece of service, but as I could doe no more I intend after having tryed this day if I can get any thing else amongst 'em, to set out to morrow for London where I propose to be on Monday morning next to give your Lordship a more distinct acco 1 of this treaty between the rebels and mc and assure you no body is more what I am," etc. 1715, Dec. 13th. Lord Nairne to the same. Dated in the Tower of Loudon and unaddressed. " My Lord — If your Lordship will be pleased to be so good as to forgive what 1 have either omited or neglected in answering to your Lordships queries by reason of a deafness I have had the misfortune to labour under these severall years, it will be ane obligation I shall never forget and I hop for forgiveness from the rest of your august assembly for any disorder or confusion I have been in when I had the honour to apear befor them. I'm sure it was my duty as well as inclination to behave my self with all due respect to your high carectars; if I durst presume to beg pardon fur my life and that only, at the King's hands I shall throw my self at his feet for mercy and I'm sure I will not want Inglish as well, as Scots friends to answer for me. I shall ever prove as gratefull ane object of it as any. I with all humilytic press this no less for my poor wife's sake and 1*2 children then my own, if this can be graciously obtain'd, may the never failing mercies of Almighty God reward His Majesty, offspring, and councilors shall be ever the earnest wishes of him who is with airprofound respect My Lord " etc. [No date.] Bichard Lluellin to the same. Addressed " To the Bight Honourable The L fl Viscount Townsend one of His Maj< Principall Secretary[s] of State." i; My Lord, In obedience to your commands I came to London last Saturday with M 1 ' Nightingall. And tho I am now a prison 1 ' I woud prefer an honourable way of making my application the most agreably to your Lordship, before the usiness in my profession, or the loss of my liberty. For two reasons, I dare not press for a speedy examination, tho never guilty of any crime against his present Majesty, or Ministry. The First is : least it may be suggested that I did it, to prevent some future, some more material! evidence. Historical mani scbipts < i ox. 173 The second because your Lordship's hours are taken no with persons Mawhtms oi greater figure and more weighty affairs. These being my real thoughts : if your Lordship wou'd be osl) — '• kind to allow the following persons (all unexceptionable in your interest) free access to me twou'd make my confinement more easy, and lay the greatest obligation upon, My Lord, your " etc. The names appended to this letter are a> follows: — ■ M 1 ' Justice Saintloe M 1 Row Secretary to the Councill of the Prii M r Parsons of Charter-house- Yard AI 1 Russen and ] A1 , fTI . , .... - vrr 01 • * }> Aldermen of High \\ leonib. M 1 Shrimpton J & | No dale. J Copy <>(' a petition to the King in favour of Lord Lovat. Endorsed " ret" and Security for the I,' 1 Lovat," and minuted at foot, in Lord Townshend's handwriting, '•' Sign'd by some members of Par- liamenf and near 80 Gentlemen zealous tor his Majesty King George." It concludes : "we are so sensible not only of his power, but of his -in. -ere intentions to joyn with us in the supporting inviolably the authority of your Majestie's Government in the North of Scotland that if we can lie so happy as to obtain the royal favour fa- him we humbly make offer to become bound for his loyal faithful and dutiful behaviour to your Majesty in whatever sum your Majesty shall lie graciously pleased to appoint." 1715-1716. Copies of Despatches to the Duke of Argyll, whilst he was commanding the troops in Scotland employed in the suppression of Mar's Rebellion. 171">, Sept. 1st, Whitehall. Lord Townshcnd encloses a Warrant for the disposal of the arms and ammunition in the Castle of Edinburgh and informs his Grace that the Treasury will lodge at Edinburgh a credit of £10,000 for His Majesty's service to be employed as he shall appoint. 1715, Sept. 13th, Whitehall. Secretary Stanhope writes about the pay of a recent addition to the garrison to Edinburgh Castle, and adds " I am also to signify to your Grace His Majesty's pleasure that yon give orders for seizing the Laird of Borlum younger and for securing him in the safest way till His Majesty's further pleasure shall be known. The charge of the additional men in the Castle, is to be supplied out of that money which is lodged at Edinburgh, to be disposed of by your Grace.'' I7L", Sept. 15th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. "I had yesterday morning the honour of your Grace's letter from BurrOwbridge, of the 12 bj the flying Packet, which brought us an account of the attempt made to surprise the Castile of Edinburgh. 1 ■ heartily congratulate your Grace on the failing of this design, which we hope will be no small discouragement to the enemies, who probably were to form their measures by the success of the enterprise. 1 have laid your Grace's letter before the King, and His Majesty is very much dissatisfied with the slow motions of the Regiments of Carpenter and K'cr which we were in hopes might have been in Scotland as soon as your Grace. The Secretary at War has received directions to hasten their march with all possible expedition. My Lord, after writing what is above, a flying Packet brings letters from Edinburgh of the 12 th giving an account of the marching from 174 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. several places of the Highlands, of the enemy, to the places of general rendezvous near to Perth, with farther particulars of the disappoint- iiKMit and discouragement they meet with from the bad success of their attempt against the Castle of Edinburgh. We hope they will be sooti convinc'd they are to have no support nor assistance from abroad, for by an Express arrived yesternight from the Earl of Stair, we under- stand that an embargo 'is laid on the ships at Havre de Grace, and indeed on all ships in any ports of France, that have on board any counterband goods. That the Duke of Orleans has refused to see the Duke of Ormond and Lord Bolingbroke, and that the Marquis de Torcy is laid aside. All which we reckon the foundation of such a good understanding between this Court and that of France, as to leave us under no apprehensions of our ennemies receiving any support from thence. I am &c. P.S. [Signed by James Stanhope.] My Lord, Since writing what is before, the King having received some information touching the Lieu*. Gover'nour of the Castle of Edinburgh, hath thought it proper to remove him, and to grant a Commission of Lieutenant Governour to Brigadier Preston who carries this Dispatch." 1715, Sept. 24th, Whitehall. Lord Townsheud excuses himself for not having written himself in reply to the Duke's last letter.— " I am now to acquaint your Grace that whatever you have writ hath been faithfully and punctually communicated to His Majesty .... and it is with very great pleasure I obey His Majesty orders, in assuring your Grace that he is entirely satisfied with your Grace's conduct, and with every step you have made The situation of our affairs here is such as makes it impracticable to spare any more regular troops from hence Your Grace may be sure that the Govern- ment is not idle, and we hope to come to the bottom of the matter, and to learn who are embarq'd in it, as your Grace may judge by the orders that have heen already given, for the seizing of several persons. Sir W" 1 Wyndham lias indeed made his escape after he was once taken, hut has left some papers behind him which we judge of consequence" L715, Sept. 26th, Whitehall. From Secretary Stanhope. " The very day that we received your Grace's letter of the 1. 3 th it was laid before the King, who immediately dispatched Maj r General Evans to you, and orders to Ireland for his Regiment to join your Grace with all possible dispatch Every advice we have here, both from home, and abroad, and particularly the two last letters from my Lord Stair, make it evident that a general insurrection is intended to be begun at the same time in several counties of England. Bristol is to be their place of arms. They reckon themselves sure of all the West, of Wales, of Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire, Lancashire. Whether the seizing some of their chiefs will disconcert their measures, a little time will show. The same advices, and parti- cularly those from my Lord Stair, do represent their hopes of success to be grounded upon the prospect they have that a great number of forces would be sent to Scotland ; the confessions of some who are taken up, confirm the same thing. Our last letters from Edinburgh assure us, that the Jacobites there, give out that there is to be a rising in England, and particularly that a considerable body of horse of the English rebells is to join "the Earl of Mar ; 1 may further tell your Grace that by paper- under the hand of one of the chief conspirators, found about Sir W 1 " Windham, not only the same is confirmed, hut further, that it was immediately expected to break forth. After ail this HISToUKAl, MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 175 My Lord I submit itto your Grace whether the King's Ministers will not Mabqitem be justity d betore brod and man, it they advise the King, to keep this Mas. nation in -cine posture ol defence; and give leave, My Lord, to offer you truly my poor opinion, that nothing will bo much dishearten the rebella in Scotland, as i" find themselves disappointed of the )i«>|>< ~ which had been given them from hence. [f your Grace will be pleased in suggest to me any particular in which you would require orders, I Bhali not Tail to receive his Majesty's commands in ir. I am My Lord &c., James Stanhope [P.S.] Beating orders are issued for filling up Grant's Regiment to the same complement with the otheis." 1715, Sept. 29th, Whitehall. From Secretary Stanhope. " Four Grace's letter to my LordTownshend of the 24 th instant, hath been laid before His Majesty who hath given orders (hat some battalions do immediately pass from Ireland to the River Clyde As to what your Grace mentions concerning positive orders, how far your Grace is to risque the King's troops, His Majesty reives entirely upon your conduct, and your doing every thing that shall be most for his service, and does not think it practicable at this distance, to give positive directions how to act against an enemy whose circumstances may alter every day. And your Grace may, as I told you in my last, be very secure of his Majesty's approving your best endeavours tor his service. The King approves of altering the Lieutenant of Lord W m Hay, as is proposed by your Grace. Whether a Commission from hence, will be requisite, your Grace will please to inform me Letters from France, come by an Express this day, confirm every thing I told you in my last, but its to be hoped, the seizing of their freinds here, will at least occasion some delay in their attempts." 17 J 5, Oct. 4th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. . "His Majesty does entirely approve of your conduct . . all is left to your Grace's own management. . . . Very probably your Grace judges right that little dependence is to be made upon the informations and advices you receive from the Duke of Atholl con- sidering how he is beseiged Your Grace knows with what unwearied application our enemies have endeavoured to poyson the people and to alienate their effect ions from his Majesty and his Government, and therefore if upon the first advices given of that spirit of rebellion which has since appeared in your parts and which I may freely say, has been more or less, every year since the Revolution, His Majesty had proposed the augmenting of his forces, 1 Leave it to your Grace to judge what use would have been been made of it when . . . even honest and well meaning people, were drawn into believe the whole a sham and a pretext for a standing army His Majesty approves very much of your ( 1 race's design of leaving 200 of the Militia of (Jlasgow in Stirling Castle, when you remove your Camp in that place, that being a place of consequence, and which ought by all means to be secured.'' . 1715, Oct. 4th. Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " Since writing my other letter of this date, having laid before his Majesty what your brothel- has represented to me of the bad state of the Castle of Edinburgh as to its provisions, His Majesty has ordered me to direct My Lord .Justice Clerk, in regard of My Lord Hay's being out 176 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. of town immediately to cause lay in three months provisions for which he is to (haw bills which will be answered." .... 1715, Oct. llth, Cockpit. From Secretary Stanhope. " We shall be impatient of hearing the Regiments from Ireland landing with you. Some Squadrons will be ordered immediately to the North of England, which is hoped will have a good effect. We begin to hope that the troops which have marched towards the West will check the rebellion which was certainly ready to break out there." . . 17 15,, Oct. 27th, Whitehall. From Secretary Stanhope. " By the flying Pacquett which arrived last night I received the hon ur of your Grace's^ of the 21 st ins* by which I perceive neither my Lord Townshend' s of the 4 th nor mine of the 11 th were then come to hands ; they have probably been intercepted by the rebels, which in all appear- ance has likewise been the fate of some of your Grace's . . . . His Majesty has observed with some concern, how weak the Regim' of Foot with your Grace appeared by the last returns notwithstanding the orders for increasing the numbers, as likewise money for the said augmentation, have been issued long since . . . Lieutenant Gen 1 Carpenter with the Regiments under his command has positive orders to pursue and attack the rebels of Northumberland who have now joynetl those of your country ; by a letter we received from him this night he promises not to lose an hour in getting up with them." .... 1715, Nov. 2nd, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend and Secretary Stanhope. " The same Express having brought to each ol us a letter trom your Grace, the one of the 18 th and the other of the 19 th inst. you will allow us to answer them together in one letter. We did immediately upon receipt of them get them translated into French for His Majesty's perusall and we are commanded by his Majesty to tell your Grace very plainly, that he was not a little surprised at some expressions in them His Majesty is surprised to find that you treat these orders as bills on Terra Incognita; how becomiug your Grace's reflections touching the necessary [precautions, which have been taken to prevent a rebellion in England, are, your Grace upon reflection will your self best judge. His Majesty hath had and has Majesty has agreed to what your Grace proposes for M 1 ' Neill Campbell, to be Minister of Renfrew, and has ordered a presentation to be prepared, which will be ready to be sent down by the next occasion." 1715, Nov. 14th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. '' His Majesty approves of your conduct, which ought to make you easy whatever reflections private persons from their own particular views may think fit to make upon it. His Majesty who has had under consideration what your Grace has so fully represented in relation to the circumstances of your troops under your command, and observing you are of opinion that by the disposition your Grace has made of these troops, they will be as ready for action as if they continued in their tents, and that the lodging them in Stirling and the other places mentioned, will be very much for their ease and conveniency, His Majesty does approve of what your Grace has done in this particular " 1715, Nov. 15th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " as it appears by the intelligence your Grace has had of the Earl of Marr's advancing with the rebels to Auchterarder that he may design to pass the Forth, your Grace needs not doubt of His Majesty's impatience to have your next accounts " Same date. Whitehall. From the same. " I despatch this by a flying Pacquett to communicate to your Grace, aud to congratulate with you, on the good newes we received this morning from Lancashire. We have accounts that on Saturda} r morning, Major Gen 1 Willis having intelligence that the Lords Dei wentwater and Widringtoun with the Northumberland aud Scots rebells, and such as had joined them in Lancashire, making in all between 4 and 5000 men, were at Preston he marched from Wigan, to attack them, with the Pegiments of horse and Dragoons of Pitt, Winne, Honywood, Dormer, Munden, and Stanhope, aud Preston's Regiment of foot. He had left Col 1 Newtoun's Regim 1 of Dragoons at Manchester, to prevent the disaffected in that town from stirring as they had promised. About one in the afternoon, he arrived at the bridge of Ribble, and found there, about 2 or 300 of the Rebells horse, and foot, who upon the approach of his Majesty's troops withdrew with precipitation into the town, at the entrance of which they had made a strong barricade, The Maj: Gen 1 ordered Preston's Regiment to attack it, which they did with great bravery, and at the same time ordered the whole town to be surrounded to the right and left, by the horse and Dragoons. The rebells having the advantage of being very well posted at the barricade, Preston's Regiment sustained some loss, and the Maj: Gen 1 having effectually secured all the avenues, about the town, ordered the foot to make a lodgement. The horse and Dragoons continued at their horses heads all that night. On Sunday morning about nineaclock Lieu 1 General Carpenter joined him with the three Regiments of Dragoons of Cobham, Churchill, and Molesworth. About one the rebells began to parley, and after several messages agreed to sur- render themselves prisoners at discretion. On Monday morning at seven aclock, they bad laid down their arms, and the King's troops were preparing to march into the town. Brigad r Dormer and the Lord Forrester were wounded in this action. Of which we hourly expect further particulars, as also the list of the Lords and other persons of note, who are prisoners. All the troops express'd great zeal aud resolution on this occasion, and the new Regiments appeared in perfect good order. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS UOMHISSION. 17^ I hope, my Lord, we may flatter ourselves that l>\ this action, the Mabqdbw 1 11- 1 • . ' I .1 I •• 1 • , ■ .. T>. US-ID M. rebellion here is BUpprest, and that it may have DU Miiall lnilucnee. mss. On your parts, i has this advantage] thai it leave- Hi- Majesty at liberty to order the ;50(X) of the Dutch troops that were at first designed for the Firth of Forth, to proceed thither. I wrote* to your Grace, that upon the motion- of the rebells in Lancashire, thej were directed to the Humber, but having been forced by a violent storm, to put into Harwich, which has disabled them so much, it is found absolutely necessary they should land soon. Your Grace may depend upon it they will be ordered to Scotland with all possible expedition." 171."), Nov. 19th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. This Evening M r Harrison arrived and brought me your Grace's of the 1 1" 1 ins 1 which was immediately laid before the King, who has ordered me to return you his hearty thanks for the good service you have done His Majesty and your country by this victory you have obtained overthe rebels, the good consequence of which His Majesty doubts not will appear every day, and your Grace must allow M r Secretary Stanhope and me to congratulate you on this good success, which we do both very sincerely. 1 have also His .Majesty's orders to desire your Grace to give thanks in his name to all the officers and others under your Grace's command, who have on this occasion given proof of their bravery and fidelity. II i< Majesty was very much concerned to hear of My Lord Hay's being wounded but glad, as are all his servants, to find by your Grace's that you do not apprehend him to be in great danger. You need not doubt but all here regret very much poor Lord Forfar's fate. My Lord, as soon as we had the news of the suppressing the rebels in Lancashire His Majesty ordered the 3000 Dutch which were designed to put into the Ilmnber to proceed to the Firth of Forth, but by a violent storm with which they were overtaken, they have been so disperst and not only the transport ships but the convoys so disabled that they could not possibly keep at sea. Hut I have His Majesty's orders to assure your Grace that no time shall be lost in falling upon the most expeditious way for these troops to take in order to join your Grace. Some of the Transports have put into the river of Thames, some to Harwich, some to Yarmouth, so that it must be home time before they can be got together, but your Grace may depend upon it, all possible care shall be taken to reinforce you as soon as possible." 1715, Nov. 22nd, Whitehall. From Secretary Stanhope. . . . . "My Lord Townshend has already acquainted your Grace that upon suppressing the rebels in Lancashire directions Avere given for the 3000 Hutch troops that were ordered to the Huinber, to proceed to the Firth of Forth, but upon what your Grace has represented in your last letters. Hi- Majesty has come to a resolution of sending the whole 6300 to joyn your Grace As these troops with those already under your Grace's command, will make a considerable body, and such as may well require two Lieu* 9 Cen 1 " under your Grace, and as the Dutch are commanded by a Lieu* Gen 1 Vander Beek His Ma ,v thinks it very reasonable in case by any accident your Grace should be hindred from being your self at the head of the troops, that there should be a British Lieu" Gen 1 elder than Vander Beek, to take the command upon him, and for this purpose His Majesty has pitched upon M P Cadogan as the person who is the best acquainted with the Dutch Troops, and who His Majesty judges will be most acceptable to your Grace." 1715, Nov. 26th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. ' ; It is with ojreat concern that His Majesty observes the M 2 180 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. uneasiness you are under, notwithstanding the repeated assurances which have been given you of His Majesty's approbation of yonr conduct, mid of his relying intifely upon it. I think your Grace must he convinced, that nothing has been wanting on the part, of the Governm* to give your Grace all the assistance, the circumstances of Affairs here could possibly allow of His Majesty cannot think of your Grace's withdrawing from his service or imploying any other to command his army. I am sure there is nothing your Grace can desire of me, in which I will not most heartily serve you, except in this particular, which in my opinion is absolutely inconsistent with the good of His Majesty's service and with the interest of my country." 1715, Nov. 27th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " M 1 ' Cadogan will have your honour to deliver this to your Grace. His Majesty has appointed him to serve under you as Lieu* Gen 1 of his forces judging it absolutely necessary for his service, that there should be a British Lieu* Gen 1 older than Vanderbeek Mr. Secretary Stanhope and I have by our former letters acquainted jour Grace with the directions given for reinforcing the army under your command part of which from Yarmouth and Hull, we hope may be in the Firth of Forth this day, neither shall I trouble you with any particulars in relation to His Majesty's further views, as to what operations maybe further neces- sary in your parts, which M 1 ' Cadogan will fully explain to you, and therefore I take the liberty to referr your Grace to him." 1715, Nov. 30th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " V have received the honour of your Grace's of the 25 tb which I have laid before the King, who has commanded me to acquaint your Grace, that from the representations you have made of the state of affairs since the battle, as well as from the repeated advices he has had of the Pretender's being sailed for Scotland, His Majesty is very apprehensive, that his service may suffer by your absence; however he is so unwil- ling to refuse your Grace any request that is not directly inconsistent with his interest .and service, that he leaves it intirely to you to come hither for the time you mention, in case you think the enemy will make no advantage of your leaving the army at this juncture." 1715, Dec. 3rd, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " in relation to the offer made by Mar. . . . His Majesty looks upon this as a matter of the very last consequence to his service ... as soon as I receive His Majesty's directions upon it I shall not fail to transmit them to your Grace. His Majesty read with very much concern what your Grace writes the Karl of Forfar, and exprest himself with so much affection and regard to that poor Earl, that what your Grace mentions as his request for his aunt M rs Lockhart, I believe you need not doubt but it will be complyed with." 1715, Dec. 6th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. His Majesty observes with satisfaction and approves very much of your declining to enter into any treaty on the proposals made by l~Mar] Huntley and others till you had his further orders .... neither does His Majesty think that in the present situation and circumstances of affairs, it is consistent with the honour of his Governm' or the future peace and quiet of his good subjects, that the rebels should be admitted to any terms but those of surrendering their persons, and intirely submitting to His Majesty's pleasure.' in rOBK LL MANUSCRlPtB COMMISSION. 161 1716, Dec 15th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. . . , . "Your Grace seems to think the Pretender may >till hind, mss. and if he should, that he may soon be at the head of 20000 men, but 1 must acquaint your Grace, that by our freshest advices from France, we have good ground to think, he is still there, neither is it probable, that after the greal checks and disappointments, hi> partisans have met with both here and from your Grace, he will think of making any further attempt, but should he land and even find that assistance your Grace ap- prehends, His Majesty does not doubt but that providence which has hitherto so visibly blessed the justice of his cause will continue to do it, to the distinction of his enemies, and to the rooting out of the very seeds of this rebellion. . you should as soon a.-> you are joined by that reinforce- ment, which has been ordered, and which we hope will be soon with you, inarch without loss of time against the rebels and endeavour to dislodge them from Perth, and even follow them amongst the hills, if they shall seek their shelter there." 1715, Dec 23rd, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " His Majesty continues firm in his sentiments of not entring into treaty with any of the rebels, on other terms then these very -ensible of the good services the Loid Lovat has done, at this time, anil tho' I cannot, by this Post, give your Grace those assurances you desire of his pardon, yet I am Bure nothing can give him sojustatitle to it as his continuing to serve with that zeal he has hitherto done, and ingaging his dependents and friends to the like Mr. Secretary Stanhope and I had both of us letters of the 19 th from Lieut. Gen 1 Cadogan, Avith which he transmitted a plan of such opera- tions as appeared necessary for reducing the rebels, and as he writes that the same had been approven of by your Grace, they have been laid before the King, and lam by Hi> Majesty's order to acquaint your Grace, that he does intirely approve of the project . . . . His Majesty leaves it to your Grace to consider whether a part of the force- may not be sufficient to attacque the rebels at Perth, especially if this great frost continues, which by the freezing of the river must necessarily make one half of the town defenceless My Lord, His Majesty judges the execution of this project of the very la>t consequence to his service, and the rather that by the letters we have from France we have received this day, we have reason to believe the Pretender may K' in Scotland before this reach your Grace, which makes it absolutely necessary that the rebels be dislodged from Perth, and deprived of that hold which ha* been of so great use to them, and without which it is scarce possible for them to keep together a great body." 17];';, Jan. 3rd, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. <( His Majesty is sensible that a winter campaign will be of great expences, tor the reasons your Grace takes notice of in your letter, but at the same time His Majesty look- upon it ofsaefa consequence to his service, and so absolutely necessary for the suppressing of this rebellion, that it must not either on that or any other consideration 182 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. whatsoever, bo laid aside, and therefore as soon as the Dutch troops have joined vour Grace, His Majesty is persuaded you will without loss of time, pursue the instructions you have received on this head My Lord, to the following the rebels amongst tlic hills, in ease they retire from Perth, His Majesty never intended that the whole army shall be im ployed to follow them As your Grace is pleased to renew your request to return, 1 am ordered to tell you, His Majesty consents to your Grace's coming hither whenever you please Upon what your Grace represents to M r Evans' indisposition, His Majesty allows him to go to Bath or where he thinks fit for his recovery ; tho' at the same time sorry for the occasion of it. His Majesty and all his serv ,s being sensible of that gentleman's merit, and of the loss it may be to His Majesty's service that he should be absent." 1714, J Jin - 6tu » Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " Your Grace might very well presume that you are to answer such rebels as apply to you that His Majesty expects they shall surrender themselves to your Grace and submit intirely to his pleasure, this being as I have often repeated to your Grace, what His Majesty judges [necessary] both for the honour and security of his Governm* and it is by this your Grace is to regulate your self with relation to the Laird of Methven, or any other who shall make the like proposal to your Grace, as he has done. I have also in Command from His Majesty to repeat by this occasion to your Grace, what I wrote in my letter of the 27 th for putting in execu- tion, without the least loss of time, the project I there mention, the copy whereof had been transmitted by Lieu* Gen 1 Cadogan Tho' the advices of the Pretender's being landed do not seem to be such as to be absolutely depended upon, yet as the thing is very pro- bable His Majesty is so far from thinking it should retard the execution of the project, and of the attempt against Perth, that I am ordered to make use of it, as a motive for your Grace's forwarding the expedition as much as possibly can be. His Majesty approves ot^ your Grace's causing take possession of the Castles of the Earl of Broadalbin, and likewise of your Grace's supplying Tinab, in the way you mention, to enable him to keep possession of these places." I7|f, Jan. 10th, AVhitehall. From Lord Townshend. " I am to acknowledge your Grace's of the 3 a , which I have laid before the Kin" who was very much surprized to find your Grace attribute the continuance of the rebellion to the orders His Majesty has thought fit to send you, as not having given you sufficient power, till you received mine of the 27 th past. His Majesty was from the beginning of this rebellion of our opinion, that he could not either in honour or conscience go into any measures in relation to the rebels, but such as would effectually secure the future peace and quiet of his faithful 1 subjects, and your Grace was therefore •mpower'd by your instructions, which were drawn, as you must well re- member, by your self, to give assurances of Mis Majesty's mercy and favour to such only, as should by submitting themselves, to His Majesty and by making early discoveries, or doing some other signal services, merit them. His Majesty has since several times repeated these orders to your Grace, that before any of the rebels could expect favour, they should surrender themselves to your Grace, and my letter of the 27 th of Dec 1- can be understood in no other senee, and His Majesty having care- fully reviewed all your Grace's letters, cannot find in them one instance historical mAnUsohiptb commission. 183 where any of the Rebels have offered lo comply with those term . except Lord Rolloand [the] Master of S< Clare. t " w m\ ".'■"•" His Majesty observes the oilers which have heen made by Man, — Huntley and othera have been made only to seperate themselves from the body of the robels, without any offer of coming to your Grace, and bringing their followers with them, or making any Discovery as lo the Lord Rollo and [the] Master of S* Clare, tho' your Grace iu your Letter of the 30 th Nov 1 mentions their offering tojoyn your Grac< with the Fife Squadron, yet, besides thai in your proceeding letter, which was of the 27 th and to w hich 1 gave a return by mine of the 6 th Dec' your Grace only speaks of their offering to Beperate themselves from the rest of the rebels, His Majesty would have thought ii very hard, hut th< i persons should be the firsl objects of his royal clemency, who bad mosl signalized themselves in the ravaging and destroying of their country, and in the harrassing and pillaging of His Majesty's faithfull subjects, as by particular advices. His Majesty is informed, the Lord Rollo and [the] Master of S 1 Clare, did with "the Kile Squadron, and particularly in a most barbarous ami inhumane manner against the Earl of Rothes, who, besides his being of one of the first and best families of the Kingdom, has at this time distinguished himself hy his singular zeal in His Majesty's and bis country's service. Upon the whole His Majesty is persuaded, that your Grace, when you have seriously reflected on and considered this whole transaction, will in justice rather impute the contrivance of this rebellion to the Obstinacy of the rebels, or to some other cause, than to any defect in bis orders, or to the want of powers, and since they have put the nation to such vast expence and obliged the King to call for the assistance of foreign troops, the greater the preparations are for the suppressing of this rebellion the less reason there is fur listening to any offers of the rebels, hut such as carry with them evident advantages to His Majesty's Service, are absolutely consistent with the honour of his Government, and tending to the future quiet ami security. My Lord, if in my letter to your Grace of the °.7 ,h 1 mentioned that project sent up hy Lieu' Gen 1 Cadogan, as his, it was because it was transmitted by him to Mr. Secretary Stanhope, and your Grace was nol pleased in your two first letters, after it came, to take any notice of it. As to the alterations which maybe thought necessary to make in the scheme, His Majesty leaves that intirely to your Grace, not doubting, hut they will be such, as will he no obstruction to the execution of the project, and the attempting the expedition against Perth, and that the want of artillery, hy reasons of the ships heing detained by contrary winds, may he as well supplyed, as possihly may be. Orders are sent by his Grace the Duke of Marlborough to Berwick for furnishing your Grace, with what that place affords, of canon, hall and other stores, and wdiat else may be tit for the train, as your Grace shall call for them, Tho' if the frost he such in your parts, as it is here at present, we presume your Grace will have little occasion for them. Tho' your Grace mentions the arrival of the Pretender, as not abso- lutely certain, in yours of the 3' 1 which is the last 1 have received from you, yet from all our advices from France, as well as from Scotland, by letters of the 5 th the King has no reason to doubt, but that he is landed in Scotland. 1 am therefore by his particular command to let you know, that he thinks it ol the last Consequence to his service, that no time should he lost in marching to the enemy, the least delaj ol that kind, at this juncture may be dangerous, and grow every day, as your ('.race mosl justly observes, more difficult. 1 am &c*. Tow NsHEND." 184 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 17] ,":, Jan. 23rd, Whitehall. From Lord Townsheud. "His Majesty hopes to hear very soon of your Grace putting the project against Perth in execution, the inconveniencys your (Traoe apprehended from M 1 ' Burrows' absence, and I hope sufficiently supplyed His Majesty is very well pleased thatM* Evans's health is such as will allow him to continue there, I shall not fail when there is any alteration in the Establishment of the General Officers to do him justice, by putting His Majesty in mind of his pretentions, 1 shall al»o lake the first opportunity to receive His Majesty's directions in relation to Cap" Stewart, whom your Grace has recommended in two of your letters." 17 J,", Jan. 31-t. Whitehall. From Lord Townsheud. "His Ma ,v is extreamly well pleased to find your Grace has made a disposition of every thing so as to be in readiness to march as on Saturday last, His Majesty hopes the returning of the frost, which we have now here to as great a degree as ever, will render your enter- pri/e the more practicable, I need not tell your Grace of how great importance it is to His Majesty's Service, the reduction of Perth, and obliging the rebels to betake themselves to the hills, when it will be impossible for them to keep together in a body As to what Your Grace mentions of the Earl of Rothes's censuring your conduct, it is what I do assure you, 1 am wholly a stranger to, having never corresponded with any but your Grace, except on some few occasions with His Majesty's servants at Edinburgh, when the exigencies of his affairs required it. . . His Majesty does not think it consistent either with the honour of his Government or the interest of his service, that there should be any cartel made with the rebels; but if your Grace can fall on any way of having the prisoners who are of any consequence released, as the gentlemen of Sturler's Regiment, you mention, the Laird of Gil- kindie or any such, your Grace may fairly do it and depend upon His Majesty's approbation of it. I have by His Majesty's order put into the hands of the Secretary at Warr, the Memorial your Grace transmitted from Colonel Hawley and shall on his report receive His Majesty's further directions. As to what I have said above, in relation to the exchange of pri- soners, there was a method found out to exchange them in Flanders during the last wan with France, when there was no cartel settled, and if your Grace can find any such expedient, His Majesty will approve of it rather than let those who served him faithfully suffer in the hands of the rebels." L7ff, Feb. 1th, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. . . . . . "It was very agreable to His Majesty to hear that the army was at Dumblain, and that your Grace had made all the necessary dispositions for its marching the next day to Ardoch, and His Majesty doubt not but your Grace will as far as possible by your care and conduct overcome the difficulties occasioned by the barbarities of the rebfls, and other accideuts and that we shall soon hear of your being before Perth I have further in Comand from His Majesty to acquaint your Grace that there being good ground to believo that upon the Pre- tender's going to Scotland, there was a design laid for a rebellion in Ireland, to be carried on in concert with that in North Britain, arid for raising of which no endeavours are still wanting, His Majesty judges it absolutely necessary for his service, that your Grace should establish, HI8TOBICAL MANUSrkirt OOttMISSIOff. 1^5 in t lio most expeditious ami safe way you can possibly, a nni-t.ui? cor- Marqusss n pondenoe with the IJords Justices of Ireland msk. 17];";, Feb. 6th, Whitehall. Prom Lord Townshend, — '■ I received by M 1 Stewart your Aide de Camp, the honour oi youi Grace's letter of the ; anie request, and His Majesty's affairs being as your Grace observes, on such a foot as that they cannot suffer by your absence, your Grace has not only His Majesty's leave, but 1 have hi- order- to tell you that he thinks your presence here very much for his -ei \ ice, and therefore de-ires you would return as soon as conveniently you can." 17|fi, Feb. '21st, Whitehall. From Lord Townshend. " I have by two different flying Pacquets received the honour of your Grace's letters of the 12* ft 13* from Aberdeen, with the letter- and other papers referred to in them, all which have been laid before tie- King. Hi- Majesty approves oi the answer your Grace has given to the Marquis of Huntley and such as have made the like offer a- he has done. As to Major [Jrqubart, tho' Hi* Majesty upon inquiry Mud- that 186 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. what he alledges is true, and that therefore he is not io be considered as ji diserter ; yet it is His Majesty's pleasure that he should be kept in custody till further orders. The King is not as yet come to a resolution as to the disposal of the troops into quarters, which, as I wrote to your Grace by my letter of the 10 th , His Majesty thinks cannot be settled this rebellion is wholly at an cud 1 should very heartily have concurred with my good offices, in pro- moting what your (J race has proposed for the Earl of Deloraine, but before your letter came to hand, His Majesty had declared his resolution to bestow the government of Stirling Castle on the Earl of Rothes. As I suppose this may find your Grace at Edinburgh, or on the road hither, that Lieu t Gen 1 Cadogan may be apprized of what is in this letter which concerns His Majesty's service, I have by His Majesty's order sent him a copy of it and have nothing further to trouble your Grace with." .... 1716, March 2nd. Copy of a despatch from the Marquis d'Uxelles to Mons. dTberville, In French — and chiefly in cipher numbers. Dated at Paris, and indorsed " M r d'Iberville du M[arech]al d'huxclles— Most in cypher— & 2 paragraphs ab* My L d Stairs." 12i pages on 13 sheets stitched. The two paragraphs referring .o Lord Stair are as follows : — " II est vray que Ton ne peut point esperor de concilier les Esprits pendant que le Roy d'Anglet' se servira de M. le Comte de Stairs. 11 a si clairem* fait conoitre en toute occasion qu'il ne vouloit rien pour faire naistre des sujets de defiance ct il a affect e avee taut da soin de garder le silence sur ce qu'il a vue par luy memo de la sincerite des intentions de Monseigneur lc due d'Orleans qu'il n'est pas possible (pie Ton puisse jamais prendre confiance en luy ; cependant le Roy n'a pas voulu faire de plainte formelle de sa conduit ct Sa Majeste a cru qu'elle devoit la dissimuler afin de ne pas donner lieu de dire qu'elle voulut demander le rappel d'un homme actif et eclaire qui pust etre temoin dc ce qui se passoit. II n'y a rien de plus faux que ce que vous a etc raporte d'un pre- tendu discours dc Monseigneur le Due d'Orleans a M. le Comte de Staire. S.A.R. luy a bien dit que ce n'estoit pas sa faute si le Roy d'Angle t,e n'avoit pas accepte l'offre qu'elle luy avoit faite an nom de Sa Majeste de former une Alliance entre la France l'Angleterre et la Hollande qui auroit leve toutes sortes d'ombrages et de soupcons mais jamais elle ne luy a pu dire que par rette caison elle ne fut pas en etat d'empecher que le Preteudant ne tirast des secours du Royaume. Elle l'a empeshe autant qu'il a este en son pouvoir et e'est une de ces inventions que le party qui vent le renovellement de la guerre .... [two or three words arc here illegible from decay of the MS.] ile vraiseniblance aussy bien que de verite et qu'il soutient parce qu'elle convient a ses viies. Je vous prie d'etre persuade que je suis ties veritablem 1 Mons 1 ' entierem' a vous le M AL d'huxklles." 1716, May 16th. The last statement of Richard Gascoigne, a Catholic Jacobite, lying under sentence of death in Newgate. 3 pp. [1716]. An undated letter from the same to Sir Roger Bradshaw. Baronet, begging the latter to appear and give evidence on behalf of the writer at his approaching trial. [1716]. A Memorandum, signed by the same, and dated in Newgate i; Friday Morning, betwixt !) and 10.": — "All that was contain'd in my paper yesterday was true and as 1 shall and am obliged to day when L leave the world to declare, itt is soe and HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 187 1 bless my God as 1 wou'd not tell an untruth For the world atl any m.. time, soe much less, when in a few minutes I expect to appear before TOT 2|]F nnJ tin; tribunal of our good God. — " Id wou'd be an instance of mercy and charily, il I cou'd be allowed some few days longer, for I was ill of u feavour. Many of those I have pass'd since my condemnation. Ii itl can be obtaiii'd, my poor prayers shall be offer'd for them that doc itl, who ever they are, I am heartily their well wisher both of soul and body." 17 16, July 9th. Draft of a Council Minute. In Lord Townshend's handwriting. .... Sir David Dalrymple and Sir James Stuart being heard upon the letters from Scotland giving an account of the endeavours used by the rebels who are prisoners (here t<» obtain their liberty l>y applying to the Justiciary Court, they were ordered to prepare a letter with directions how to prevent their being released before they are brought to a legal tryal the draught of the letter to be laid before the Lords to morrow night. 17 Hi, July 12th. Draft of a Council Minute. In Lord Townshend's handwriting. To approve whatM 1 Wich has done in relation to Lord Duffbs and to order him to thank the Magistrates for the assistance they gave him upon this occasion to [write to] M 1 Stanhope that II.R.II. is of opinion if his Majesty approve it, that care sh'd be taken to secure Lord Duffus in safe custody and that he sh'd be sent over hither. [1716.] A petition to the King from John Gordon, condemned for High Treason and a prisoner in Newgate, imploring his Majesty's clemency and mercy. Two copies, on the same sheet, one in French and one in English. Undated. Signed by the petitioner. The petitioner states that his father, the late Patrick Gordon of Dunmeatb in the County of Banff, and his uncle Sir George Gordon of Edenglasaie — the Sheriff Principal in the same county, were early concerned in the happy Revolution in favour of which ihey both distinguished themselves. [1716.] A copy of the above petition addressed "to the Lord Viscount Townshend His Majestie's Principall Sec? of State." Undated, and signed by the Petitioner. [1716 ?] " Memorandum of the Duke of Montrose to my Lord Town- shend with relation to the following persons, in case there should be any application made to their prejudice. M r Walter Stirling, Keeper of the Wardrobe, he was my tutor till I went abroad. Sir Gilbert Kennedy, Under-Falconer, a very honest gentleman upon half-pay, and a friend of My Lord Stair's. M 1 ' Henry Graham of Braikness, Chamberlain for the Bishoprick of Orkney ; a namesake of mine, very well affected, and was recommended by the honest people in those parts. M 1 ' Mungo Graham of Gorthie, Receiver General of the Customs, who executes that otKce with so much care and integrity, that I doubt not but he will always deserve your Lordships particular favour and protection." [ 1716.] Three undated papers in the same clerk's hand which seem to have been dictated by Horatio Walpole. 1. A Memorial, in French, endorsed by Horatio Walpole '• I I Project of a Meinoriall." u' pp. 2. A similar Memorial, in French, endorsed by Horatio Walpole. " 2 a Project of a Meinoriall." o pp. 188 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. JLtBQmtw 3. An undated "Memoriall to be delivered iu a Conference with the TowjH8H*HD Deputys for Foreign affairs " of the States General. — These three memorials arc to the same effect, and the last of them, which is in English, commences as follows: — " The King my Master being firmly persuaded that his own interest and security is inseparable from that of the States has commanded me to acquaint you that notwithstanding the Resells have been entirely suppressed in England and their army defeated in Scotland yett the person commonly called the Pretender has by the encourage- ment of some conspirators against their lawfull sovereign and country and by other ennemys to the publick tranquility of Europe dared to invade his Majesty's dominions And although the pre- cautions his Majesty has already taken, the assistance of the brave troops which the States have been pleased to lend him and the vigorous and unanimous Resolutions of his loyall Parliament will in all proba- bility by the blessing of God enable him soon to put an end to this unnaturall rebellion and entirely to baffle the hopes of success that his ennemys may have vainly imagined to find within his own Dominions, yett as on the oilier side the Pretender and his adherents flatter them- selves with certain assurances of the assistance and support of a foreign power and as it is notorious that notwithstanding the repeated promises given by the Court of France that the Treaty of Utrecht should be strictly observed, and that no officers soldiers arms and ammunition should be permitted to goe from any Port of France for the service of the Pretender and that positive orders had been given in all the Ports of France for that effect, yett great numbers of officers etc, doe con- stantly pass into Scotland for the service of the sayd Pretender from most of the Ports of France without the le[a]st opposition from the Governours there and particularly the Commandant of Calais . . when M 1 ' Moore an Englishman did on the part of my Lord Stair acquaint him that severall hundreds of persons were ready to embark from thence to go to the Pretender instead of giving a civill answer to M 1 ' Moore threatned to make him leave the town, and accordingly the sayd officers sayled the 30 th of January at midnight in four vessels fitted out for that purpose." This memorial goes on to insist upon the importance to the Dutch republic of the Protestant succession to the Crown of Great Britain, and concludes by urging the States General, in concert with the King, to " invite other Princes and States to joiu his Majesty and this Republick for their common security and defence in order to " discourage " and distresse by all possible means any Power that shall endeavour to violate the peace which Europe now enjoys or to give any succour or assistance to the sayd Pretender." The following Postscript to the above memorial is in the handwriting of Horatio Walpole : — " The army of the rebells being put to flight, and the Pretender obliged to leave Holland since this Memoriall was drawn it will be easy to make the alterations which these incidents require." 1717, Dec. th . Copy of a Jacobite letter with names in cipher. Unsigned and unaddressed : — " Doubtless you heard of the alterations at South's house ; you might have heard on't long ago had Moulsworth and his gang made use of the fair handles given 'em from time to time, but as Rog[e]is had reason to suppose the s' 1 Moulsw[orth] was willing to live upon the spoil as long as he cou'd, look a resolution with himself to strain a point so as to bring matter.- to an open rupture. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 189 He hannenod t<> discourse over a bottle n fasl friend of Hall's thai Mai i he knew formerly in Gerard s lions.-, and finding [him] uneasy at n.'ii - management, saying that he was blind and Btupid and was in hands thai woo'd treat him as they did the late M r Kemp, I agreed with him, on which he drew a paper out ol his pocket which he said [he] was to give to M* Hall the day follows and was to tell him withal that it' he didn'l ehange hands and take in some of the leading and moderate ones of the Waggs and Tanners he was an undone man. The paper contained in substance thai he should forthwith reduce X ll.-ii, give a free protection to Overbury and those with M 1 Ken not to meddle in Bgleton's quarrel, to bring Segrave, Beaumont and several others of the gang to be his mates, to give free access to all Tanner- and others, and equal eucouragem* with the Wags. I bold him this woo'd be a means to rivet him in Hall's affections, and his family in the copy- hold ; as soon as 1 parted from him 1 put all this suggestion into an order, sent it to Scogel by an old friend and acquaintance of Moub- wortb, Scog[el] shew'd it to Moulsworth on sight, and as he came back to my friend he ask't if he wou'd make good what he said : my friend answer'd he would be ready to do it on occasion, and wou'd wait on old Hall when he desir'd him." On inquiry I found Scogel made nothing of the matter for a while to see what' Hall wou'd do, and find out his natural bent and inclination, upon which T made some of the Waggs and Cope's partners acquainted with all this matter, and convinc't them Hall wou'd drop them in a little time. They answered they wou'd put it out of his power. They made a noise and a splutter and blamed Cotton and Moulsworth as well as Hall saying if he wou'd not be their tool they shou'd not be his tools, and wou'd have no motly mate-. This frightened him and his mates and [I] was obliged to shew a steadiness to them, but I found this wou'd not do. I went to a person that waits on M r Hall, and told her that Moulsworth wou'd lay hold on this occasion of the child's christening to affront her, and if he got one point of her or her husband she must give up all other points, to ingratiate herself with her mistress. She improved it to advantage, telling her withal old Hall's supposed wife and mistress was at the bottom on't, I found after Arbuthnet influenced them, and spurr'd them on against Moulsworth and Hall who has consign'd himself over to the former, being the only person now in the Keeper[s] that can aesist him against Knell and Treyton, therefore he will sacrifice all his friends and family to preserve his quart[e~|rs in Gerard's house. None now can so well do as Mouls- worth and the present mates, 'twill be his ruin in the end, for he and all the Gerardins are too much govern'd by passion and interest that 'twould be an easy matter to run 'em aground had the Tanners or Moulsworth a true love for their country or M 1 Keue.lv. I must confess Segrave and Overton have been the main occasion that the Tanners arc so back- ward, buzzing in their ears the power of the patron and Finch's House ; now they see they can't do anything without Otway or Knell the latter will do nothing for them but with assistance of the former. Tf Hall or his family were beloved, this last proceeding of his would inflame the 3 Keepers', if Arberthnet and his friends can but get young Hall to declare in Holt's house that the partners of Hungate i< now illegal, it will produce some good effect ; and reconcile all the Waggs to your interest, or at least be passive, [n the mean time don't doubt Dul the present proceeding will have some good ell'eet or other; 'twill enCOUl the Tanners, discourage the moderate Waggs,and forward the Register] and Cope's partners to proceed with more violence, and oblige Hall to reduce Allen to the same state Quaint left it, if so you*] find work that will please you. 190 I1ISTORIGAL MANl SCRIPTS COMMISSION Marquess I have no news to send you but that the P[rince] & P[rin]c[e]ss of T ' A M V ss iE>,r ' Wales that were banisht the Court are going to live at the D[nke1 of — Devonshire's house till matters are made up with the King. They arc now indisposed, and 'tis hop'd they'll be better in a few days ; at least I hope so, and that they will be reconciled to the King. You know 1 can't be but sorry for this difference. So will Mr. Ken and you. I hope and don't doubt but Mr. Kirk will be at Evlin's house by Easter ; if a project Rogers has in hand succeeds he is in a way to serve Rion and his cause. He'll spurr 'em on. Otway may be con- vinc't is nor will be in any power to withstand him or his Allen if he eomes his late [sic). A gentl[emau] was acquainted with the scheme Rog[e]rs laid for these proceed[in]gs and seemed well pleased with it. He thought me too daring." 1721, dune 10 th . Report by Anthony Cracherode on the Case of James Gartside. h\ reference to the Information laid by the latter against Captain James Leonard whom the informant alleged to have committed High Treason at Calais in December 1716. [1722.] The following copies of Jacobite letters seem to have been made for the Privy Council, and .to he connected with Layer's Con- spiracy'. The contents of these letters are very similar to those printed in " Reports from Committees of the House of Commons ; which have been printed by Order of the House and are J\ r ot inserted in Ihe Journals." [No date.] Londres, Jeudy. A Mi Lord Mar a Paris sous l'addresse de Monsieur D'Hubert chez Mons r Waters banquier a la Rue Dauphine a Paris. 1722, April 23 rd - To Cap 1 Vohnson — N or X — under the cover of M r Francia at Calais. Signed Goodwin. 1722, May 10 th . N.S. Copy of a Letter from M r Blunt To Mr. N— X under the cover of Mr. Francia at Calais. Dated in London and signed Blunt. [Xo date.] Received 3' 1 June. — Copy of a letter from Robert Brown directed to [the writer's cousin], Mr. Harv Blair, Writer [to the Signet] at his house in Allan's Close opposite to the Cross Edinburgh North Brittain." Without, date. — This letter came by the French Mail 3 rd June 1722, and is an answer to a letter of the 4 th May signed Walter Grahame and directed a Mons r Collins chez Mons r Waters, Banquier a Paris. 1722, June 20 th . T. J. To Mr Jn° Paterson ; in the care of M rs Alexander in the Canon Gate, Edinburgh. 1722, June 21 st . Copy of an unsigned letter dated at Castle Howard and addressed, under cover to Mr. Walters at Paris, to Madame D'Hubert. " My Dear Sister, I received a letter from you last Post which was much iong'd for — My Lord Carlisle is the most agreeable in his own house that's possible,' there is one thing that surprises me much to find both my Lord Carlisle] and Lord Irwin quite brock with Lady Lechmer and Lady Mary hears of her seldom in great dryness. I know the opinion you have of her which I must always think she deserves it. ... I heard today [from] Mrs. Harvey she complains sadly of never hearing from you, and has done so in eve.-y letter I've had from her." [1722], Augt. 4 th . To M 1 ' Chaunceyat M r Chesshyres in Devonshire Square near Bishop's Gate. [Unsigned.] 1792. Angt. 13 th . Dated Dieppe. To the Rev d D 1 ' Hunt head of Baliol Colledge in Oxford. By a person who subscribes himself Alex r HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 191 Richmond. Another Letter from the Bame Alex 1 Richmond of the like .. M * l:, < 1 ';", date directed to W"' Phips Esq re ;i( the Hon 1 "* Sir Constan tine Phips in mss. ( )rmond Street. 1722, Augt. 13"' and Aug. l<>"'. Two letters addressed from London. " A .Mon.s 1 ' Francois Bernard ehez M 1 Tuillies tapissier, roe de S 1 Pere pres hi Charite* Faubourg S' Germain a Paris." 1722, Augt. 15 th . To Mr. David Wilkins at Will.- Coffee house near Coven I ( larden London. 1722, Augt. is"'. To .Mr.-. Draycott to be left at M r Glaaco's on Arrars Key I hibliif. 1722, Augt. 19 th . For M 1 ' La Fontaine at Clare' Coffee house in Conduit Street near Hannover Square. Same date. For Mr. Spencer al Old .Man"- Coffee house, Charing Cross. From Paris. 1722, Augt 24"'. To Mr. Wilkins at M™ Brydges at the Lumber Hcnse in Duke Street Westminster. 1722, Augt. 25 th . Extract of a Letter to The Lord G allies ; to the care of the Post Masters of Edinburgh and Wigton Scotland. The author signs C. S. with a flourish. 1722, Augt. 29"'. "For Mr. Wilkins" etc. as above. It begins "My deanst dear," and is subscribed "your Cor ever — Lr. BrUNE." 1722, Sept. 3 nl . An anonymous letter addressed to Mon- 1 Evans chez Mons r Waters, Banq 1 rue Christine Fauxhourg S* Gennains. 1722, Sept. 7"'. To Robert Dillon Esq* at his house in Latin- Court Dublin. 1722, Sept. 10"'. To Mr. Shortip at his house the lower end of Norfolk Street in the Strand. Dated at Dunkirk and signed Tho. Smith. 1722, Oct. 6"'. A Milord le Vis-Conte de Bolingbrook under a blank Cover to Mons* de L'Orme chez Mpns 1 de Hlissy Commissaire dea Poudres r;ie des Minimes a Orleans. In English ; unsigned. " I write this upon my birthday, and am now come to that age of man which according to the Scripture is the uttermost extent of life. 1 am sorry to hear you have bin ill if you apprehend any thing of the palsy, or rheumatism and that your lameness continues, I should think that the waters of Aix La Chapelle, or Lai age, very proper for you; we see many every year who come to our Lath, supported with .-ticks, and crutches that return leaving both behind them. We have had so fine an autumn that I hope it has made amends for the badness of the summer and that you will have a good vintage aud we good wine. 1 hear poor Jo : Whiteman i- dead suddingly of an apoplex at the Bath: well at Lymlsey's a tuesday night, and dead a few hours after. Lord Hinchinbrook is likewise dead there. The King is come to town and the Parlim' meet- on tuesday, we --hall leave this place about the IS"' ills'. Pray make my wife and daughters complim* 8 to Mad 1 " La Marq" and my service in particular. All mine are Yours — Adieu. [P.S.] I am glad to hear you have had no hand in this dirty work, you have run hazards enough already for the party which you ami your family will feel to its great loss if not to its ruin." 1722, Oct. 10 th . John Colebrooke to Mr. William Lock in Exchange Ally, London. 192 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess [J 722], Oct. 17*.. For James Fountaine Esq 1 ' [from R. Eustace]. T " W \'[ss END To be left at Howel's Coffee House in Great Wild Street, London. This letter is supposed to be design'd for the persou, who writes from hence :ind who commonly signs Rogers, or sometimes Richards. [1722], Oct. 18 th . To Mr. Louis Clement at M r Charie at the sign of the Dog and Duck in S 1 James's Street, London. From Rouen. In French, signed C. 0, [1722], Oct. 19 th . To Mr. Floyd at M ra Wild's in Bennet Street S l James. Cette lettre est marquee sur l'addresse par la poste, estre de Rouen. 1722, Oct. 2L f . To Mr. Martin at the hat and Beavor, a Hatter's near the new Exchange in the Strand. 1722, Oct. 24 th . To Mr. Wye in Wine Office Court, Fleet Street. N.B. this letter is by the same hand that signs Quittwell &c a . Dated at Paris and signed Dorval. 1722, Oct. 26 th . A Mons r La Tour chez Mons 1 Brailli chez un tapissier vis a vis S* Joseph rue Mon Martre a Pans. [No date.] For M r Wilkins at Mrs. Brydges House at the Lumber House in Duke Street Westminster. Weds d morn. 10 a Clock. Unsigned. 1722, June 29 th . The examination of Walter Steeres gentleman taken [and sworn] before John Parnell Esq 1 " one of the Judges of his Majesty['s] Court of King's Bench [in Ireland]. 3^ folio pages. The information is to the effect that in the previous Jul}' one John Steers an attorney living near Lincoln's Inn Fields, proposed to Major William Crosby, Gentleman of the Horse to the Duke of Chandos, to kill the King, and asked him what was the best method they should take to murder him etc. [1722, July 28 th ]. Council Minutes in the handwriting oi Lord Townshend. Undated. [Present] L d President — L J Privy Seal— Duke [of] Roxburgh— M r Walpole — L d Cadogan. That the visitours [Lady Bellew and others] who were seized with M 1 [Dennis] Kelly this morning be discharged there being no papers of a treasonable nature found upon them. M r Mills the merchant who shipt the goods and [was] formerly in custody and M r Drycote. That a guard be placed at the house where Kelly is in custody. Mr. Draycott [to be] examined and remanded into custody. That the persons that were taken on board the ship and iu Mark Lane be brought hither by water with their baggage and that they be here by ten of the clock in the morning. Nothing to be stirred out of the ship. 1722, Augt. 20 th . Hon. Edward Carteret, the Post Master General, to Lord Townshend. Dated at the Gfeneral] P[ost] Office. " My Lord — I have met with theenclos'd letter this afternoon amongst the letters which came into the office today from the country, which I thought it, might not be a miss to send you, that you might have the perusal of it. It is dated from Billinsgate a place in the country not known in our office, Thursday last the 16 th , and in the letter, says that Mr. Rogers and he went this morning to the mercer, whom he mentions to live beyond Hanover Square. The mention of the name of Rogers and the odness of the letter induces me to send it you, and if it be of no consequence you will I doubt not have the goodness to excuse the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. M»."> trouble, and return it me by the messenger, and I will forward it to night for France. I am" etc Msa** 1 ' 1722, Sept. P 1 . An unsigned MS of nine pages in book form. endorsed in -Mr. Tilson's hand " Informations about designes &c " It begins :—•'* The person that communicated his observation lasl rear has continued to have a watchful eye ^lil upon some particular persons, from whom In- has made sonic discovery s, which would have been Bent sooner [f though i necessary: bul such as they are you have them now." And ends : — " All matters Beem to he :ii ; ( si ami I ml I lie papists [are] no ways baulked, Iho' they think things will not be ripe before spring, at leasl they seem to think so." [ I7i^2j. Extracts from Jacobite letters of this year. l > pp. [1722]. An alphabetical key to the cyphered names in the Jacobite ( lorrespondence. 1 61 ]»|>. | 1722], Lists of Jacobite letters thai had boon signed. 14 pp. [1722]. Cypher keys to Jacobite names. 4 pp. May 11th, 1723. "Le Connu" (a Government spy in Holland) (o George Tilson or to Anthony Corbieref [n French. Unaddressed. [Translation |. " Sir, — I have the honour of your letter of April 26"'. My enclosure to his Excellency contains one of those foreign letters, the contents of which have always been obscure to me, but it may well be thai be is uot too skilful, or that not having a high character be has no occasion to show his 'scavoir faire.' Here arc two extracts from Letters of Walkinshaw. In that Iroin the Hague there was a song of which you have a copy here annexed. To-day Walkinshaw sent a copy of it to Hugh Patersou at Boulogne in Prance, he has also scnl an abstract-copy to a certain M r Waddel a Scotch student, ami according to my opinion to have it printed there. " I did destroy the paper with my own hand 1 ' this is [i.e. refers to] that paper which Walkinshaw had tried to get printed here, and which I suspect to be concerning that sample., In order to prevent those sort of papers being printed M'" D'Ayrolle | Dayrolles] would have nothing to do but to mention in conversation to the Deputy of the town of Leyden, in the Committee of the Dutch Raad, that one knew that ill-intentioned persons would try to get printed at Leyden piece- odious to the Government and in favour of the Pretender, and thai they might lie prevented if the Magistrates served orders on all the printers not to print in English flying sheets like this one. or at least not till they had shown the original to M r (iouwan, the English Minister here, that he might see and examine it before band. This Minister is a perfectly honest man and of the best intcntioned for the Government, for I believe that he prints many little Hying sheets in this country, and that they are sent into England to be dispersed there. 1 am very respectfully — Sir — Your humble and very obedient servant. J.E CONNU " The following copies, in Le OonniVs handwriting, <.^' two ii lereepted Jacobite letters were enclosed in the above. (1). Extract. De Paris, 3 May 1723. — "lam sorry that the dis- appointments of these paper affairs should deprive us of the pleasure of seeing you here. I shall inform my Belf more particularly BS to the affairs of the Canal and advise you and I Sm not without hopes of I' .'4953. N 194- HISTORICAL MANUSCKIPTS COMMISSION. Towxshfnu recovering your other affair. M 1 ' Dundass liis business with L : M : mss. \the Earl Marshal?] goes but very sloealy tho people believe they will be able to clear all in time. De £1200 a 1205. A. Alexander." (2.) a M r Walkinshaw. Hague the 8 tb May 1723. " D r Sir — If this comes time enough to hand take care that Willie Hay may be as right as Kaperdish can make him and I shall repay you the favour at meeting. You can [ken] my meaning. I did destroy the paper with my own hand and had all the others you sent for which I most heartily thank you, the inclosed will make amend for all my neglects. My good wishes to M 1 ' Maul M r Cunning- ham and M 1 ' Morrow from — Your &c. James Hamilton." 172-1, duly 1th. Petition of William Downham, of Bristol, to Lord Townshend Secretary of State ; recommended to his Lordship by Sir Abraham Elton and Henry Walter. [1724 ?] An undated petition of Jonathan Kelly of Dartmouth, and William Downham of Bristol, to George Prince of Wales. 16 pp. The petitioners represent that they were the principal agents in discovering to Lord Townshend certain details (which they minutely specify) of " the late horrid bloody and unnatural conspiracie," and that they have only received a reward of £000 etc. The last paragraph commences as follows : — " That not being provided for his Majesty's service as was often really promised us, we are therefore brought under great ilconveui- ences, only pityed by our friends and flouted at by the .Jacobites. That being become their scorn and derision Ave cannot expect nothing else (some time or other) but to fall a Sacrifice to the furie of them. But our trust is in the God of Heaven who has hitherto defended Our Majestie King George and his Kingdom, from the vile attempts, and secret conspiracies of the Pope and a Popish Pretender, and we hope ever will. And as we are true subjects of his .Majestic King George (the best of Kings) we doubt not but our actions will be duly considered, and countenanced, knowing his Majestie to be the great example of Europe in incouraging good actions." 1724-5, Jan. 14th. "A Memorial concerning the Highlanders Sheriefships Vassalages &c. of Scotland." Dated at Edinburgh and unsigned. Numbered (1). 7h pp. 1724-5, Jan. loth. A Memorial etc. with the same title, and in the same handwriting as the last. Dated at Edinburgh and numbered (3). 13 pp. [No date.] A memorial entitled "Proposall ab f the Highlanders." 5\ pp. To the proposal are appended the following lists : — (1.) Clans or tribes [that] were engag'd in the late Rebellion. Most of them arc arm'd and committ depredations. (2.) Clans belonging to superiours well affected to his Majesty. The Athcl men, 2000, [and] The Broadalbin men, 1000, went into the Rebellion in 1715 without their -uperiours. (3.) Clans in the late Rebellion and suppos'd still to be disaffected to his Majesty. (4.) Roman Catholic-; in the Highlands. (5.) List of the most considerable gentlemen who are well affected t) His Majesty's Government. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 195 (0.) Gentlemen inhabiting the Highland* of the Shire of Inverness Mahqcbm Baid in be proper persons tor executing tin- ohVe <>t Jnstiee <>l t lie \i-. v Peace. [1725.] Copy ofn '• Proposal for disarming the Highlands of Scot- land." Unsigned and undated. 8 pp. To this proposal is appended the following papers. The firsl is headed "Provision of money will be wanting for the purposes under- mentioned," and endorsed "Services to be performed in the Highlands in tlif years 1725 and 1726" 1 p. The second is beaded "Numbers of the Highlanders as they were estimated [in] 1715. At a mean calculation partly Prom the numbers actually in Rebellion and partly from differenl informations." This paper is as follows : — In Axgylshire including Lord Breadalbiu's and the Laird of Caldcr's men (chiefly whig) about 1000. Macleans in the rsle of Mull; the land belongs to the Duke of Argyl, the men for the mosl pari Tory 600. Stewarl of Appin attainted, the land belonging to the Duke ol Argyl, the men Tory 200. Mackdonald of Glencoe, Torie 100. Mackdonald of Keppock attainted, the men Torie 200, .Mackdonald ofGlengarie, Torie 5G0. Mackdonald of Kleuronald attainted and the land belonging to the Duke of Argyl (Tories) GOO. Camerons belonging to Lochiel, in several places, Tories 800. U.Mckleods, Tories 000. Seafort's Mackenzie* Tories 1500. Loval and his Frazers whigs 600. Grant and his followers at present Tories 800. carried over 10500 Duke of Gordon and his followers Papists 1500. Mackintoshes Tories 500. Mackfersons Tories 400. Duke of Athol, his followers and the Robertson Tories 1500. Mackniel of Rannny Papists 100. Mackinnon Tories 150. Rosse's inixt Whigs and Tories 500. Kilrawack and his Etosses, Whigs 200. Munroe's Whigs 300. Lord Real 300. Lord Sutherland 500. [total] 16450. Mem. There arc several other Gentlemen on the borders oJ the High- lands who can influence a .-mall number of men. Karl Breadalbin in Perthshire 500. Total according to this gross computation 16^50 No date. '' A projected Act ab* [disarming] the Highlands." In .'} clauses. 4 pp. No date. A Memorial concerning prosecutions begun in Sc.it land relating to what passed in September last in the town- of Dingwal and Nairn. 1 pp. It begins: — ''There being several contests at the late elections for Magistrates of the towns which are now represented in Parliament by N 2 I9f> HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Colonel Monroe and William Stewart Esq. " and concludes, after mentioning that Lord Lovat is likewise in the Indictments branded with the imputation of several crimes without so much as being made a party to the suit, by submitting that it would lie for His Alajesty's service if His Majesty's Advocate should waive his suit by (as it is called in the Law of Scotland) deserting the Diet simpliciter. 1726, April 22nd. Substauce d'un projet qui fut donnee au Due de Riperda le mois de Fev 1 ' dernier 1726. Endorsed " Substance d'un projet pour le Pretendant. Madrid 22 a Av 1 1726, in M 1 ' Stanhope's .', }, Ap 1 ." Unsigned and undated. The following translation accom- panies this paper. Substance of a project given to the Court of Spain in February 1726, N.S. " After having reflected on the project which has been formed and communicated to me, to burn the English men of Avar at Chatham, I find many iuconveniencys in the execution of it; and even tho it were to succeed, yet it Avould have no effect for the advantage of the Pretender ; because as there are at Chatham but part of the ships of England, the rest being dispersed in the several Ports of that Kingdom, besides that, by the Union subsisting between the King and the States Genera], another fleet would soon be provided, such an expedition would only serve to alarm all England, give them warning there to be more upon their gard, and prevent the making any enterprise hereafter in favor of the Pretender. I have another project to offer, which will infallibly have the success of placing the Pretender upon the English throne, if it be sure that the Emperor will sincerely join with the King; and this is the substance of it. 1°. Instead of sending troops into Galicia, as was proposed, which indeed would not fail to give uneasiness, by reason of the little need there is of troops in that country, where there never used to be above two or three battallions ; 12,000 men should be sent into Navarre out of such Regiments as shall be chosen, and of which I shall give the names, under pretence of providing for the security of the frontiers on that side. These troops would be within reach of Guipuscoa, where transport ships might be easily had, and the two men of war lately built at Orogna might join the said transports in order to convoy them, and on board of these I would put some arms, as knowing where they are to be had. 2. I take it upon me to get six men of war armed in several Ports of Brittany, provided with all necessary stores, men, provisions, &c, reserving to myself the naming of the officer that shall command that Squadron. These ships shall be joined by those that shall go from the Ports of Guipuscoa with the troops, and the whole shall be commanded by the Duke of Ormond; I also offer myself to serve in that expedition if the King thinks proper to employ me in it. 3°. The Emperor must have 6000 men ready to be embarked at Ostend; 1 shall take the necessary measures for their embarkment. This matter must be kept very secret; and in order to prevent or retard the discovery of this enterprise, as soon as the troops shall march to be embark't, the letters must be stop't for two Posts together, and very strict orders given on the frontier not, to suffer any person to pass, nor any courrier to go from Madrid. 4°. Two ships may likewise be sent away from Cadiz, on board of which the Earl Marshall may go with arms which I shall put in those ships. He -hall go to Scotland, where the best part of the troops will, ill TORlfcAL MANTJBCBIPTE COMM1 HON. 197 without doubt, be ordered to march into England, upon the firs! alarm { : occasioned by the descents and then he will land with his arms and infallibly And the people ready to receive him. 5°. The Pretender must set on! from Borne to Vienna togo to Ostend, and there goon board of one of thesis shipswhicb I Bhall have pi i vided in Brittany, II' his project be relished, and approved by the King of Spain, 1 shall propose the several means of putting itinto practice, so as to make it succeed infallibly, &c a . The three Mascovite ships, which arc now al St. Ander, may be employed in this expedition." [1726?]. Projectdu Due de Wharton pour retablir fe Pretendant. Unsigned and undated. The Eollowing translation accompaniee this paper : — 'Hie Duke of Wharton project to restore the Pretend [e Jr. The Pretender must go from Rome to Vienna incognito, and make a secrel treaty with the Emperor and the King of Spain to give Minorca and Gibraltar to the latter, as soon as he shall be in possession of Civat Britain; and he shall not only guarantee to the Emperor the ( >sterid trade, but grant him the trade to the English Colonies, as well in the East as West Indies. From Vienna the Pretender shall go to Petersbourg, the Czarina being absolutely resolved to assist him. From thence he shall go to Archangel to be transported into G[reat] Britain with ten or twelve thousand men. The King of Spain must land 8000 men in England and make himself master of a Port, and that the Emperor shall send all the troops that shall be thought lit from the Port of Ostend, and shall, at the same time, march more troops into the Low-Countrys to binder the Dutch from sending any assistance into England. The affair must he begun in Scotland which will quickly be in arm-, the Pretender having "arms in Spain, Britany, Holland ; and '2 millions of pounds sterling are ready in the hands of hi- friend in England, where they only wait for the Pretender's order to begin a general insurrection as well in England as in Scotland; and it is assured that in Scotland almost every body is in the Pretender's interest and ready to rise on his first order. The landing must be executed when the English Squadrons shall bo abroad, and in case that opportunity cannot lie laid bold of, it must lie don.' in winter time when the ships are laid up. April 10th, 1727. General (afterwards Field Marshall) Wade to Lord Townsbend. In a secretary's hand, and signed by the General. Slightly torn. Dated in Loudon and unaddressed. •• My Lord, — As you have been pleased to allow me the liberty to represent to your Lordship what I conceive to be necessary for II is Majesty's service iii North Britain, for securing the present peace of the Highlands on a solid and lasting foundation ; and to frustrate the designs of His Majesty's enemys who for the future, may attempt to disturb the presenl tranquility of thai part of the Kingdom. Nothing can more effectually contribute to those ends than the pro- posals 1 had the honour to make of erecting newforts and barracks at [nverness and Eillitruiman ; which 1 1 i - Majesty was graciously pleas'd t«i approve of. But 1 am sorry to acquaint your Lordship that notwithstanding my repeated representations of the necessity of carrying on these works, and of repairing I he Castle of Edinburgh, and other fortresses in the South of Scotland, nothing has yet been 198 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, effectually done (either in the oue or the other) but repairing the old Castle of Inverness 1 hope your Lordship will likewise procure His Majesty's consent that an allowance may be made out of the contingencys of the army as was [done] the last year for carrying on the roads of communi- cation. The «reat military way through the centre of the Highlands extending from Fort William to Inverness (50 miles in length) is now almost finished and made practicable for the march of troops, canon or other wheel carriage, and may be continued to Perth at a very moderate expence by the Regiments quartered in those parts. I formerly took the liberty to represent to your Lordship that it would be of use if a small man of war were ordered to cruise on tin West Coasts of Scotland, for if the Pretender should ever attempt to land arms or forces in that part of the Kingdom it will probably be on the West Coasts, which by my last intelligence has been already surveyed by a sea officer in the Spanish service sent thither for that purpose. I had the honour to acquaint your Lordship by letter from Edin- burgh the last year that I had information that four persons attainted tor- High Treason were returned to Scotland, viz 1 John Stuart of Inner- nitty, Alex r Robinson \sic for Robert sou] of Strowan, Sir David Trepland of Fingask, and John Walkinshaw of Scots Town, in hopes of being permitted to make their submissions to His Majesty Rut if His Majesty does not see fit to receive their submissions and giant them his royal pardon, proper measures should be taken to chase them out of the country. I begg leave to observe to your Lordship that as the Governour and Lieu 1 Governour of Edinburgh Castle are generally absent the Earl of Orkney by his attendance on His Majesty, and Brigadier Preston by his ill state of health, occasioned from the wounds he received [in] the last warr, the highest officer resident there is the Fort Major, who though an experienced officer is often indisposed by sickness and [is] decayed in his constitution. 1 therefore am humbly of opinion that it would contribute to the security of that important place if His Majesty would please to constitute a Deputy Lieu' Governour of known zeal and experience avIio would constantly reside in the Castle. The per-on who I should recommend as most proi)er for that employmeut is one Major Hardine formerly Major to Sir Charles Hotham's Regiment and who was Major to the Castle of Allicant when beseiged by the Spaniards in 1708, which he defended with great resolution alter the Governour and other his superiour officers were blown up by the springing the mine of 1500 barrells of powder. This gentleman is irow in London, and has offerr'd to serve as Deputy Lieu' Governour without any sallary provided he may have the promise of succeding Brigadier Preston in the Lieu 1 Government of the Castle when it may happen to become vacant. 1 take the liberty likewise to recommend Coll° Cunningham as a proper person to be made Lieu' Governour of the Castle of Inverness ; he served with reputation in all the Campains of the two last wars in Flanders, bnt is now out of employment ; he is willing to reside con- stantly at Inverness where there has been no Governour since Col[onel] Clayton's departure to Gibraltar. An officer of experience will be useiull, in that part of the Highlands, as well to keep the country in a due subjection to His Majesty, as to forward the fortifications and barracks intended to be executed erected there. I must likewise put your Lordship in mind of two persons I had the honouv to mention to yon, the one is the Lord John Murray, the HISTORICAL M\-i -< l:il l COMMISSION. 199 eldest ion ol the Duke of Athol by bis second marriagi , In has been r 5Lua educated in England, is ;i yon lb <>i good parte, very desirou to ervc mss 1 " in the army, and would !"■ very well pleased with a Colours in the — Fool Guards having very little to depend on. The other i- the nephew and heir to the Laird of M c Intosh, and will sacceed him ae Chief of that Ulan; he ha lerved For ome years at Quarter Master in Coll Kerr's Dragooni who gives him a good character ns well for liis diligence in his station as for zeal he has allways shown to Sis Majesty and Government, and if he were encouraged (by being made Lieutenant of Foot) to continue in His Majesty's Bervice he would in time l>c able i<> work a great alteration in the minds of that Clan whos< disaffection has been so notoriou t. When I had the honour to be last with your Lord [ship I took I the liberty to inform yon, that the Moderator by order of |th<' National?'] Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland hail wrote a letter to [Hie Majesty forwarjding the Petition of the Inhabitants <»(' Maryburgh w[ho request that] his Majesty will be graciously pleased to allow them a sallary for the maintenance of a Minister to perform Divine service, ami to educate their children. If His Majesty is pleased to grant their request 50 u per annum will be sufficient for that purpose, and if no other fund can he found to defray that charge it may be allowed out of His Majesty's annual bounty to the Kirk of Scotland for the support of itinerant ministers. I have only to acquaint your Lordship that the Highlands continue in perfect quiet. The garrison Companys, as also those raised for [the service of the Highlands have been compleat ever since the 24th of February last, since which time the latter have been assembled at proper Station-, and ready to march to ain part ol the gea coasts, if occasion shall require. I am — My Lord — your Lordship's must humble and most obedient servant . < rEOBGE W \l>h." I7ii7, May lUth. Copy of advice- from the Camp before Gibraltar. In French. Unsigned. It concludes: — " The day before yesterday the Duke of Wharton insisted ongoing to a Battery to show his Garter-Riband crying out a thousand times " Long live the Pretender," and using a quantity of bad language. They represented to him repeatedly that he ought to withdraw, but he refused to do so. At last he was struck by o piece of a shell on the toe. He had been drinking brandy, otherwise perhaps he would have been 'wiser If the English do not have pity on us we shall all have our beards grey before Gibraltar is taken. Plenty of persons have engaged to write otherwise but I would rather hold my tongue than write falsehoods." 17127, Augusl 18th. Mons. La Roche to Horatio Walpolel Endorsed :— " In M r Walpole's to S r Robert Walpole." In French. [Translation.] ''Sir — I believe that you are sufficiently persuaded that there is nothing on foot in favour of the Pretender. The Bishop and O'Brien have both told me that there was some appearance that he would go to make a tour in Spain. There were frequently councils at the Bishop's where M 1 ' Ruth always assisted and about three weeks ago the Bishop passed a whole day and night at M 1 ' Ruth's. It is (his which has given rise to someone belief that an interview with the Pretender took place — O'Brien also being absent for some days. O'Brien told me yesterday that there is a treaty concluded between Spain and France, and that the affairs of Europe were about to change 200 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Mabqubsb their aspect a good deal. I do not think that few persons are informed Towhshbku ( ,|- t i„, place where the Pretender is. I believe that he has been at _ x 7 Cologne and at Liege, and 1 am persuaded that he has been at Connonges at M 1 O'Roark's or at Commersi, and that so much the more probable that I am persuaded that the journey of INI 1- Roark to Vienna is [undertaken] on that subject, for he is one of tin most zealous Jacobites in the world, and one of the best fitted for negotiations. I have seen my Lord Blandford very often tor a month past and he continues to have his head very confused with all those affairs, and he no longer thinks of returning to England. 1 supped last evening with the Duke of Beauford and Lord Blandford and it seems that, those two Lords wish to make a grand intrigue together, for they often enough have secret " teste a teste" conferences, and I find that Lord Blandford is very pleased with the. Dnke. The chief rumour current among the Jacobites is that Spain is preparing an armament in favour of the Pretender. There are some people here who affirm this with great positiveness but 1 believe it would be unreasonable to pay the least attention to it : Above all [to] a piece of news which took its origin in the head of the Chevalier Toby Burck. I hope, Sir, that I have not had the misfortune to displease you. The apprehension that I have done so has given me all imaginable paine. However I take the liberty to assure you that I act with zeal in this affair and that 1 have neglected no occasion of arriving at a knowledge of the things that I have thought useful to be known and to be com- municated. 1 am resolved whatever happens always to continue to do so. I commend myself to your goodness and protection and entreat you to believe me with very profound respect — .Sir — Your very humble and obedient servant. La Roche." " a Paris ce 18 d'Aoust 1727 a l'hotel d'hansbac [Anspack ?] rue Jacobe." 1727, Augt. 19th. An Affidavit made by George MeCaines at Ports- mouth. George MeCaines Master of the Catherine of London this day arrived from Havre de Grace in France, which place he left on Tuesday last, who says it was there reported by people of good credit, that the Pre- tender in company with the German Embassadorlately went to Versaile? and that the Pretender was two hours in private with the King of France, after which he immediately took post chaise and in company with the said Embassador went for Brussels. Jurat' etc. Jn° Norris. [Signed] Geoiige MCaines. Accounts, etc., formerly uelonging to the Earl of Wilmington. 1705-1728. 170.1, Nov. 30th. A copy of a Warrant, from Prince George of Denmark to his Treasurer and Receiver General Edward Nicholas, to pay lo Sir Isaac Newton and others a, sum not exceeding £1100. It begins :- — " Whereas 1 have thought fitt to appoint the Hon We Francis Roberts Esq r , Sir Isaac Newton K nt President of the Roy all lli-TORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 201 ty, Sir Christopher Wren K 1 " Her Majesties Surveyor Generall, M r T M ^; .John Arbuthnol and M' David Gregory Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxon, i Apr. 17<>7. Paid to Sir Isaac Newton in part £375/. and incident charges, l'H 7*. (*>'/. — £384 7s. 6dJ 1705—1709. A 1 n 1 1 1 « 1 N • of Accounts, Inventories, ;tnl for Colours drummers' coals &c. M 1 doe hereby direct and require you that out of such moneys as are oi shall come to your hands by the receipt of any Revenue you pay or cause to be paid to the Duke of Argyle or his assignes the suine of four hundred thirty one pounds according to the bill hereunto annexed. For which (his with the acquittance of the said Duke ot Argyle or his assignes shall be your warrant. Given A~c." Same date. The Duke of Argyle's bill for tho use of llis Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark's Regiment of Foot : — For 26 drummers coats, wascoats and briches, stockings, shoes, shirts and cravatts 15 h each, 3 pair of Colours at It. ,s. (J. 10 u each ... - J 20 Incidental charges - 11 [Total £] - 431 170^. March 12th. Major William Churchill to Spencer Compton. •'Sir — Inclosed are the reasons which induced [the| Duke of Marl- borough Duke of Argyle and Gen 1 Churchill to beg his Royal Highness*s favour to his Regim 1 , the Duke of Argyle is very uneasy till 'tis granted. 1 this morning received the inclosed from his agent. I beg pardon for tlii- trouble and am " etc. " Stat<' of the Prince's Regiment." Enclosed in the above letter. "That upon the Revolution in 1688, the regiment of your Royal Highness, late commanded by Gen 11 Churchill, now by his Grace the Duke of Argyle, did most of them desert with new cloathing, which upon their recruiting, being forced to be new eloath'd, occasion'd t wo new whole cloathing in one year. That when it came to (ien" Churchill it was left by Sir Theoph[ilus] Oglethorpe above 5001. in debt. That in Ireland there was KM) draughted from them with their new cloathing, for which the said Regim* was never reimbursed. That during the time of small money, and the great deficiency On tallie*. the Regim* being alwayos on service, the cloathing exceeded the offreckonings in 5 years above looo/. That at the Battles of Landen and Hoghstet, the Regiment was almost destroy'd being new cloathed. These misfortunes occasion'd a great debt OH the Regim*, which by management is above half of it reduced. 202 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Maeqttkss But Her Majestic having been pleas'd to appoint a new method of Townshekd clothing for the future, which cannot be comply'd with by bis Grace ' of Argyle, without running tbe Regiment further in debt, unless Her Majestic, or your Royal Highness will be pleas'd to shew some favour to it. Tis therefore humbly pray'd your Royal Highness will be pleas'd to bestow on the said Regiment, tbe favour annually (till the Regiment is out of debt, which will be in three years) that your Royal Highness used to grant to Gen" Churchill every other year. All which is humbly submitted." Papers relating to the personal effects of the late Prince George of Denmark. 1709, June 9th. A Memorandum, signed by Lord De La Warr, Groom of the .Stole to Prince George. "There was alsoe taken out of the Prince's pocketts, vizt. : A "old watch and seals, a gold tooth pin case, a gold tuisar case and 20 guinea--'. All these things were put into the Prince's scrutore that, stood in the closett att Kensington, and 1 delivered both the key of the closett & scrutore to the Queen. There was alsoe put into this scrutore att that time, a pair of diamond shoe' buckles, and a diamond bat buckle. There was also 2 diamond Georges and a gold George put into the Prince's strong box and his collar of SS with bis enamelled George. I here was also 2 gold beaded canes in bis closett at Kensington. There was alsoe 2 pair of diamond buttons which he constantly wore in bis shirt sleeves which I delivered to tbe Queen. There was alsoe 2 pair more of diamond buttons for his shirt Avhich were in the Prince's own custody cither in the scrutore or strong box as M 1 ' Buckholt Informed me. The was 2 Boxes of guilt dressing plate brought from Denmark whereof one was presented to the Queen, when Princess, the other was kept for bis own use in his Bedchamber, when his Royal Highness was in health, & used to dress in his own side. This box consists of 24 pieces which was always kept by M 1 ' Buckholt only, as being first barber, and when he att any time held the Prince's leave to goe to Denmark he delivered it over to Mr. Laroeh as the Prince's second barber with a list." 1709, June 21st. A Memorial delivered to Queen Anne by [the R< Hon ble John Smith Esq 1-0 and the R* Hon ble Sir Charles Hedges] the Administrators to his late Royall Hignness. With this memorial are preserved the following exhibits : — An appraisment of the horses and mares of his late Royall Highness Prince George of Denmark, the 20 th of June 1709. [Signed by John Willis and Robert Simcoke.] : — Breeding mares. Grey Webb Chesnutt Webb <- Charming Jenny lias now 2 bone spavins Pope Bess - - - ( thesnutt Ramsdon - Bay Courant - Bay Scratch A Bay filley 4 years old Chesnutt Spot good for nothing - Pri zed at 11. .v. ,1. 30 10 o 20 25 30 50 35 12 .HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT COMMISSION 203 Stallions Leeds Dunn Arabian Black Arabian Honey Wood ( loach hoi horses and I geld ins Sell of 7 Black Danish horses and I gelding < 1 blind, I Bpavin'd, 1 bad eyes, 1 broken winded & uutxl for little. The whole sel a1 - The sett of Danish bay mares and gelding (3 spavin'd, - blind.) The whole Sel at The leading sel of English horses being 8 Three chaise horses - - 1 1 u tit «i s. The brown Welley mare A little Barb Stone, horse, 2.'5 gui ! A little Barb nag - Padds. A dunn padd The Doctor's nagg One gray padd - The old dnnu padd The Chiddle padd Old Ormond pad 80 (,o ii o I ; i) o 30 l/i i 50 L43 I l 40 () (.1) o o 24 14 (i 20 () 7 O (> 12 29 i> 10 15 Mai FOWl IIKMi wss. I J Total Valuation of the coaches Budworth. j [ Signed by Francis Kitson His Roy all Highness Body coach out of mourning valued at ... And old coach put into mourning for a Body coach valued at - The three end leading coach in mourning: and an old velvitt lining and a seatt cloth belonging to it valued at - The chariot t in mourning valued at - The old chaise in second mourning lin'd with a grey cloth valued at The three old wagins valued at The old sashmere valued at The old chair valued at 992 6 son i ind pimothy //. s. d. 150 00 00 40 00 00 55 00 00 30 00 00 10 00 00 15 00 00 06 00 00 20 00 00 The valuation of the Prince's silver plate. [Signed l»y Richard Adams and Pierre Platel.] Note. The total weight IS stated as 10329 OZ. 12 dwt., and the total value at £2681 Visit. 5\d. The highest value set on anv pieces being osh. 4io clothed new and the first £430 being paid from your office lasl jrear I desire you'l oblige me by ' acquainting mj '^"mss" 15 Lord Treasurer herewith and pray the favour of him to speak to Her Majesty to oniric the paym 1 <-(' i Ik- £430. Your favour herein in will oblige Sir &c. A.RQ1 l.l-." 1712, March 31st. Sii John Stanley to Spencer Compton. Dated ai the Cockpit, and unaddressed. "Sir, — Her .Majestic having been pleased toreferr mj Lord Chamber- lain the inclosed peticon of .M 1 1 lill, master of the barges to hi- late Royall Highness | Prince I George of Denmark ], his ( rrace desires you to inform him what, allowance was made to .M 1 Hill out of your office for repairs of the barges, barge-house, &c, and to what time paid. Abo to inform him whether the Prince's barges do now belong to her Majestie, or [can be] claimed as a fee by any of his officers, or. any other person. I am with respect — Sir — your mosi obedient and most humble serv* J. Stanley." 1 71 5—1 723. Abstract of the expences of His R. Highness [the Prince of Wales'] Household [for everymontb] from Oct. 1 ' 17b"> to Sept* 30 th 1722. On a sheet in tabular form, i A similar abstract from 1 st Oct. 1715 to I s1 Oct. 1723. With the above abstracts are several other papers and accounts. most of which are undated and of no great interest, relating to the Prince of Wale-' Household. Iu an undated paper headed "An Establishment for Richmond House," which begins " M r Carter the gardner for the whole charge of the gardens 210ft" g ami.," there is entered "The Black [a] Moor in the menagery 8ft g ann. ("and] 6*. board, wages p week, Totall 23. 12. p ann." Prom another paper it appears that M TC Margaretl Purcell in 1 7 1 s was housekeeper ol His Royal Highness's House in Leicester Fields ai a salary for herself and her servants of £100. 1720-1722. Accounts of [and letters to] Spencer Compton as Treasurer to the Prince of Wales. 1723-1728. The following papers relate to the Duchy of Cornwall, and formerly belonged in Mr. Compton as Treasurer of the Duchy. 1723, April 16th. Edward Trelawny to Ca/if. Rogers? Dnaddressed and apparently a copj in a clerk's hand. " Sir, — Haveing the hon* to dine with the Judges at your Assizes, 1 took that opportunity to more my Lord Eyres for a farm {. TliKLAWNY." 1723, April 22nd. William Pendarvea i; To the Hon rd Col. Godol- phin Member [of] Pari* at his house in Scotland Yard — Whitehall." Dated at Pcndarves. "Hon ld Sir — Thursday last at our half Quarter Sessions at Penzance a letter was there communicated to us by Cap' Rogers a coppy of which is inclosed. We came to the resolution that we would make application to some of the Prince's Councell to know ir what manner his Royal Highness will be addrest ; whither by the Lord Warden [of the Stanneries] or any other way, if you would give your self the trouble to ask the Speaker his thoughts thereon, and let. me know them it, will be a great obligation on this country, and if we can bring it to a conclusion, will rivet his IIighness['s] interests] so in the hearts of our country men ; as no other favour can parelel. If for any reason you do not think tit to grant this request, you may please to communi- cate to any [of] our country men (the enclosed) who you may perchance meet. I am — Sir your obliged humble servant Will Pendarvks. [P.S.] Pay the inclosed to my wife." 1723, April 27th. Colonel Sidney Godolphin to Spencer Compton. Dated at Whitehall and unaddressed. Endorsed in Spencer Compton 's hand "Sidney Godolphin— Apl. 27 th 1723— Tin-Farm." •• sir 1 beg leave to trouble you with the inclosed, and that I may wayte on you at your coming to towne to receive your commands I am — Sir— Your most ob3dient servant S. Godolphin." 1723, Sept. 25th. The most humble Petition of William Monday To the High and Mighty Prince George Prince of Wales Duke ot Cornwall etc : — Sheweth — That your Petitioner hath been Chief Clerk in your Royal Highnesses Auditor Gen ,s Office ever since the establishment thereof, And was many years before in the Auditor's Office for your Dutchy of Cornwall, and was sworne Deputy therin at your Highnesses new granting the said office to M r Bertie. And your Petitioner hath like- wise acted in your Survey 1 Gen 1 * Office as Chief Clerk, all the time that M r [Samuel] Travers [late M.P. for S* Mawes'J held the same, and is now continued by Mr. [Walter] Cary the present Surveyor Gen 1 That for all these services your Pet* doth not receive from your Royal Highness any salary or yearly fee whatsoever, nor from any of his' principals, but M r Bertie, who pays him 40/*' p ann. only : And Id- perquisites are so small in all the said Offices, that your Petitioner is HISTORICAL MANUSCHIPT8 COMMISSION. 207 unable to support himself and family without your Royal Highnesses Marquess bounty towards him, etc. ium *"' Endorsed : " Referr'd to his Royal Highness's Council the 25 th 8ept f 1723," and minuted at loot: — It is his Royal Highnesses pleaaun that this Petition it*; referr'd to the consideration of bis Royal Highness's Council; mul that they do report their opinion to his Royal Highness what gratification it may be reasonable to allow for the extraordinary services mentioned therein. S \.\III.I MOLYNBUX. 17*21, April 29th. The Memorial of W n Munday Deputy Auditor of the Dutchy of Cornwall relating to the Accounts of Robert Corker Esq 1 Receiver General thereof. Addressed "To the R ( 1 Ion 1 - Spencer Compton Esq* His Royal Highnesses Treasurer and Receiver General." 2 pp. from this Memorial it appears that "the [psum" of the Dutchy Re- ceiver's Account for the year ended at Michelmas was £21,807. 12. ~>k. 1724, May 18th. The second Memorial of W"' Munday Deputy Aud[ito]r of the Dutchy of Cornwal relating to the Accounts of Robert Corker Esq* Rec[eive]r (}en[era]l thereof. "The remains of the [psum of his Accounts to and For the Year ended at Michaelmas 1721, according to my former state is 3,257/. 12.v. 6\d." " In all in the ReC Gen 1 ' 8 hands due to his Royal Highness to .Michaelmas last 16,884/. 10*. ll$r/." " 1724, Dee. 16th. Nicholas Vincent to Spencer Compton. Dated at Chelsea and unaddressed. Endorsed by the Speaker "Mr Vincent's letter relating to the Sheriff of Cornwall." The writer states that he has received a letter from M* Samuel Philips complaining of ill health, and begs M r Compton to prevail with his Royal Highness to name Thomas Long of Penheale his Sheriff of Cornwall, for the ensuing year, instead of M r Philips. 172"), April 7th. — Mons* Brunaud to "The Right honourable Spencer Compton Treasurer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales — In S 1 .lames — London." Dated at Bordeaux. The writer advises his Highness's Treasurer as to drafts he has drawn for wines bought for the Prince's use. Prom his figures it appears thai the then rate of exchange between England n\u\ France was then about 3*. 2d. per ecu of .'! francs. " 6200 at :»7 : ; p. v. making in French money frs. 3814* 10." The leiier concludes : — " I did not draw all at once as M r Powell writes me you wished 1 had dime but 1 durst not do it before the wines were ready to go aboard. However 1 1 j am glad that what remained to draw was but little at thi> high rate of exchange, it being .-tailed up in one post from .')7 : , ! to 38| & \ yeas'' 158^ never have 1 seen the like, nor monneys so scarce ; that we may thank the famous system of Mississippi for. 1 subscribe [myself] with submission " etc. !72o, July 3rd. J. Collier '< To The Right Honourable Sir Spencer Compton Speaker of the House of Commons." Sir — 1 have sent the farther bill to M 1 ' Andrews for your honor — and would humbly presume to begg your Honor's favourable recomandation of the item in my former bill which is left in blank. I am sure from your owue justice and generosity considering my Extroadnary painesand service in the affair there is noe OCCation to mention it but that it may not slipp Four mind, I am S r — Yo T houo Pa most obedient humble serv*. — J. Coli.ii.h." 208 HISTORICAL MANTT9CRIVTS COMMISSION. 1725, Oct. 9th, N.S. William Rolliason to Sir Spencer Compton. Dated at Bordeaux and unaddressed. 3 pp. The writer discusses the merits of various wines and the prospects of the approaching vintage. Begs his correspondent's acceptance of a barrel! of grapes which he is* sending by Capt" Henry Beach of the Bordeaux Merchant. " Twenty-four hours more wet before the grapes are cut must infalibly spoil the Avhole sans resource. I am therefore so far at present from saying what sorts may be most proper this year for His Royal Highness, that 'tis impossible forme to imagine whether any wine in this province can be found worth bringing into England I have this day drawn upon you for 2903 : 1 : Livres, at 38f per French Crown, £156. 14. 11. sterling, payable to the order of M 1 ' Rober( Gordon at two [months?] usance, being the amount of rive tons of wine according to the enclosed invoice " Note. — From this letter it appears that the claret supplied to the Prince Of Wales's household cost about thirty guineas a tun, that the value of the French livrt at this date was nearly thirteen pence, and that the exact value of the French ecu of three livres was 3&| pence. 1725, Dec. 13th. Nicholas Vincent, " To William Munday Esq. at his House in Grovesnor Street near Hanover Square — London." Dated at Truro. " Mr. Munday — I receiv'd yours last Saturday, and though I have no objection to the characters of the persons whose names you sent me, yet I think it would be more for the service of the Government, that John Collins of Treworgan Esq re should be appointed Sheriff for the ensuing year, and therefore hope he will be nominated accordingly. 1 desire you will present my humble service to that Gentleman who commanded you to write the letter and am — your friend and servant, Nic. Vincent." . 1726, April 17th. Sidney Godolphin to Sir Spencer Compton. — Dated at Thames Ditton in Surry, and unaddressed. "Sir, Haveing (beyond expectation) survived the winter I am not without hopes of liveing a little longer, in order to which I don't know anything that can contribute more effectually then his Royall Hignes r ,es's grace and favour. I am told M 1 ' Vincent (if liveing) is in a verry ill state of health. Upon Mr. Godolphin's death be succeeded him in the place of seymaster [ ? Assay-master] of the stannerys. I did then with all humility address my self to your Honour (who 1 am prowd to call my Patron) torecomend me to the Prince's favour on that ocation which T now again do if you approve of this the most humble request of — Your most faithfully devoted and obedient serv*. S. Godolphin." 1726, July 1st. Loi'd Falmouth, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, to Sir Spencer Compton. Dated in London and unaddressed. " Sir — I take the liberty to lett you know, that att two this morning M r Vineent dyed, by whose death the office of essay master is vacant in the gift of His Royall Highness. If ilt would be His Royall Highnesse'? pleasure to bestow that office on Samuel Foot Esq., who lives constantly in the Country, is knowing in these affairs, and has ever been steady to the interest of the royall fameleye iff would allsoe enable me to be very usefull, in several! corporations, which to be permitted to be (to His Roy 1 Highness) is my utmost ambition, but this must be as (he pleases) HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 20!) and it must be told Him or not as you ploaae, att least jam will pardon this, from liiiu that is most truly Sir — tfburverj -'-ill [? speciall] humble NO vant. FAr.MOLTn." 172f, Feb. 2nd. Robert Mann "To M* Andrews a1 the Bight Hon 1 ' 1 '' S 1 ' Spencer Compton'a — The.-.-." " Sir — A vacancy being likely to happen in a very little- time here, I think it my doty t<> lei my great Master know it, and being confin'd to my room, where 1 hare been more then ten dayes, thought nun. proper t<> tell liiiu of it as yourself — 'tis M 1 Astells | Post of] Controller of the cole yard ; the sallerj 30" p* ann, diet coles and candles, with a pretty Httle lodgeing Hi indeed onlj for a Bingle num. II,- sells the College cult's by contract and delivers ool all candles and by that means serves all the offices with both «<>h- and candle. In a word in my opinion 'tis to a man that will be hen- and mind his business a good 100** a year. Formerly the Wardrobe was enexl to this and Pope the present Wardrobe Keeper is in a very had way and had he dy*d first Astall was to have had hoth (as I have heard) and then it would be twice as 'rood and two very good lodgeings, and indeed the first establishment runs lor onr man to hoth places, and since my time one Heeler had them both. If you please to let his Hono 1 ' know this and with humble duty, you'l oblege me. 1 don't Care to pressume to write this bussej time to him, hut you'l believe me — Sir your most humble servant. Rob. Mann." [P.S.J Interest is making by some [avIio] will make tin- Speaker believe its worth a very triffle but mine is a true state of the matter. PaPEBS KKLATIN*; TO THE TOWEB OF LONDON. 1712 to 1719. 1712, April 1st. Petition of Thomas Cornelius. Master Gunner of the Town to tin* Karl of Northampton. Assigned and Endorsed "Cap' Cornelius's Petition." The petitioner Ihiuks it his duty to acquaint his lordship that yester- day when putting the guns in order on Evan's Battery M 1 ' Eustace, M r Gibson, mid M r Musgrove that assists the Surveyo* came there and "without any provocation the said M' Musgrove grew very passionate and did not only villilie and degrade your petitioner witii Aery bad language but also struck your petitioner several! times while upon bis post and duty as aforesaid and the other two held your petitioner that he could not defend nor helpe himself" etc. [1712.] Another Petition of the same to the same; unsigned and dated. Humbly Sheweth. — That it hath been an antient custome for the Master Gunner of the said Tower to be empowered by Warrant from the W Hon' 11 the Constable of the said Tower to demand and receive a smale matter of money for fcole or warlfidg for landing of goods at and carrying goods from Iron Gates st&yree adjoining to Tower Wharff in i he Tower liberty Humbly prayes your Lordshipp will please to graunt your petitioner the like Warrant. 1712, April 2nd. Humphry Brent "To the R< Hon 1 ' 1 ' George Earl of Northampton att his house in Bloomsbury Square." Franked " Walpoole," aud hearing the impressed Post Ofliee tamp *' l\.«t-payd, U 24U53. U 210 HISTOBICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Pony." Endorsed " M 1 ' Brent's Letter concerning the Commissioners of Sewers." " My Honoured Lord I have acted as Clerk of the Sewers for about seven years .... about four months agoe there was a Petition lodged att my Lord Keeper's (which still lyes before him) under the hands of the Sheriffe Cass, M r Justices \i.e. Deputy Lieut 8 of the Tower Hamletts] Tyssen Brattle Frampton Johnson Kyrby and others. With the list of Commissioners [of Sewers] which my Lord Abingdon was so kind to deliver forme to my Lord Rivers, the same having been first approved of by the Sheiiffe and M r Baron [Robert] Price [of the Exchequer] who had sent me before to renew the Com- mission as being much concerned himselte to have it done, because his estate at Wapping which is considerable (as well as the estate of many others) sutters very much by the foulness of the Sewers in those parts, But my Lord Rivers being expected to be moved from his Government of the Tower 'twas thought adviseable to defur renewing the Commission till that Post was Idled 1 humbly beg your Lordship's pardon for this trouble as well as leave [to] subscribe myselfe (with the utmost defference and respect) — My honoured Lord, etc. HtJMPn : Brent." 1712, April 11th. John Hales and David Crauford (two of the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital) to the Earl of Northampton. Dated at Chelsea. The writers beg that the bearer, M r Crispe, may be continued as agent for the 3 Invalids Companies in the Tower, to which post he was appointed by his Lordship's predecessor, the Earl Rivers. 1712, June 7th. Sir Stephen Fox « To the R* IlonbP the Earl of Northampton. Dated at Chiswick, and endorsed " Sir St. Fox's letter recomending Henry Bowman." " My noble Lord, [ was earnestly desired to put this Petition into your Lordship's hands by a person that was recommend'd to me very earnestly and by his stern look [he] seems very fitt far the imployment he desires, there will be good security given for his faithfull performance of that office the Petitions for which I leave to your Lordship's judgement and remain, My noble Lord, Your Lordship's Most affectionate and humble servant, S TE : Fox." [1712]. The Earl of Northampton's case as to the Custos Rotulorum of the Tower Hamletts. Undated. The Tower and Liberty and Precinct thereof hath an antient Court of Record for tryall of all actions there, and a Court Leet, and by a Charter in King James the 2 d there are Justices and Sessions of the Peace peculiarly and restrictive from those of Middlesex. The Hamletts of the Tower are not in the Liberty or Precincts but are in the County of Middlesex and the inhabitants have bin formerly by orders of Couneell exempted from appearing at the Sessions for the county in respect of their duty to attend and guard the Tower when required and the Trained Bands of the Hamletts were antient and their rights are reserved in the Militia Act of 13, 14, 15 Car. 2 rl from which time the Chiefe Governo 1 " of the; Tower hath bin (by Comission) Lord Lent' 1 of the Hanilett* and all other places incorporated and priviledged HI8T0BICAL MANUSCRIPT* ( OM wi--l< >\. 211 within the limitts ami Precincts of the Tower or Hamletts and bath Mahqcmi made Deputy Lieuf*" aa in other countys. r ° W M88™ D The Karl of North [umpjton's ('omissions "l Lieuftenancy and Cnstos Rotulorura are of the Hamletts of the Tower and place incorporated and priviledged within the limitts or Precincts of tin- Tower or Hamletts with a clause in the Comission of Custom to return to tin- Sessions of Peace of the Tower Liberty, all wrltis preceptt processes and indictm*' (here to be determined. Hut there are noe particubir ('omission-. Sessions or Clerke of the Peace for all the Hamletts as there are for the Liberty and tho' the Parle of North[amp]ton be CuStOS Rotulor| uni I of both Handetts and Liberty, vet the Justices and Clerke of the county continue to execute their Office in the Hamletts as in the other pans of the county. Soe that at p'Vent his Lordship's grant ofCustoa Rotulor[um] of the Hamletts is of noe use to him. 1712, June 13th. A list of the uew Commissioners of Sewers [for the Tower Hamlets]. In duplicate, in the handwriting of Humphrey Brent. One copy is endorsed "List of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets," and the other is endorsed " List of the Commis- sioners of Sewers given to my Lord Keeper. June 13"' 17112. " The lv 1 Hon ble Simon Lord Harcourt, Baron of Stanton Harcourt, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Great Brittain : The li l Hon bk Rob 1 Karl of Oxford and Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of G rent Brittaine : The IV Hon ble George Earl of Northampton Constable of her Majesties Tower of London : The R* Hon ble Richard Earl Livers. Master of the Ordnance: The W Hon bIe Montagu Earl of Abingdon : The W Hon bl " M 1 ' Baron Price : Sir Edward Northey her Majesties Attorney general! ; Sir Robert Raymond her Majesties Solicitor (Jeuerall : The Hon ble Janus Bertie Esq re [and] Hugh Smithson Esq™ [M.P.'s for Middlesex] : Sir Samuel Garrard, Sir William Leman, [and] Sir Nathaniel Barnadiston, Ban** 8 : Sir John Lake, Sir Henry Johnson, Sir John Parsons, Sir Jonathan Andrews, Sir Thomas Pavall, Sir Edward Betenson, Sir William Benson, [and] Sir James Etheridge. Kn* 8 : [Alderman] John Cass, William Gore, Francis Tyssen, John Ward, William Johnson, Alexander Pen- dams, Uvedale Price, William Bridges, Simon Harcourt (Clerk of the Crowne), Thomas Chamber, William Parker of Hackney, William Northey. Daniel Brat tell, Paul Dockmanique, Samuel Benson, Thomas Prampton, Bastwick Johnson, Robert Kyrby, Alexander Ward, Sherman Godfrey, Robert Thornhill sen'', Robert Thornhill jun r , Nathaniel Manlove, Charles Caesar, Thomas Blacklnore, .Joseph Short, Felix Feast, John Metcalfe. Kphraim Beauchamp, Henry Hunt, Samuel Brewster, Joseph Moxon, Edward Ambrose, .Joseph Jorye, Alexander Bitfield, Hubert Doyley, John Dorr ell, Humphrey Parsons, Samuel Twinn, Richard Beauvoir, John Smart, Daniel King, William King. .Tame- Walker, Clare Windham, Thomas Wright, and William Wright, Esquires: IK Richard Welton, [Rev.] John Wrighl Cler[kJ, D' Richard Mead, Peter Monger, Edmond Noble, John Silk, Thomas Bacon, William Jewell, William Blakewey, Edward Lee, John Goreum, Richard Byrom, Cap* John Hazelw ood ofWapping, Henry Mulcastet, Henry Whitehand, John Warner of Spittlefeilds, Philip Shepheard, Stephen Hall, Charles Boone, John White, Thomas Bateman, Timothy Thornbury, John Bateman, Robert Dennett, Henry Marshall, William Beawes, Cap 1 John Merry, Thomas Preston, Samuel Skinner, John Blackball, Alexander Welter, John Kirby, Robert Bird, Richard Mount, Thomas Sargeaunt, Ralph Ilarwood, .John Hawkins, Cap* Thomas Wharton, Joseph Wiltnot, Cap 1 John Haselwood of S' Bai- 2 212 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. thol[omew] the Great. — [All the above gentlemen arc] off the Quorum. [Those whose names follow are] not of the Quorum — James Spagg, Daniel Taylor, Thomas Webb, Samuel (froome, Robert Stephens, Masaey ( hven, John Eldertou, Thomas Cooke, Charles Yenner and Art[hur] Stephens, geut[lemen.] 1712, June 17th. J. P. Crispe (Secretary to the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital) to the Earl of Northampton. Dated at the Royal Hospital near Chelsea. The writer encloses a copy of her Majesty's instructions to the Lords and others Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital. [1712, June]. ' The humble Petition of Henry Bowman to Sir Stephen Fox. Undated. The place of goal-keeper of the Tower-Court being in the gift of the Earl of Northampton, and not in the gentleman porter of the Tower, and M* Steward [ Robert] Thornhill having regulated many abuses committed by the Deputy-goaler, who is not duely admitted to the said Employment," the Petitioner begs the favour of a recommendation to the Earl of Northampton to admit him into that office. [1712, June]. The humble Memorial of the same to the same. Undated. Shewetii — That he having humbly petitioned your Mono 1 ' to present him to the Right Hoi)o bU> the Earl of Northampton, to be goale-keeper of the prison bolden for the Tower Court . . . long since informed relating to that station that goale keeper, and returne-bievium, is one and the same place : returning all the process sent by the Sherriff, when executed in his Lordship's Precincts. — Therefore most humbly prays your Hono r ' s farther favour to prevaile with his Lordship to gram his Warrant directed to Robert Thornhill Esq 1 ', Steward of the Court, for the Tower Liberty: that your Petitioner may be settled in the y the gentlemen which I doubt not on a second though! you'l take care not to gufferr any failure in 1 am — Sir — Your most humble serv ii. r.niM." 1712, (Jet. 21st Humphrey Brent to the Earl of Northampton. Addressed " To the I!' Hon 1 ' 1 " George Earl of Northampton— Present," and endorsed " M 1 Brent's letter with excuses for not going with the Deputy Lieu' to Windsor." The writer expresses his regrets that he should have fallen under his Lordship's displeasure, either from a letter he wrote to M r Bluut [on July L'()"'J or from not sooner paying his duty to his Lordship. He prays for forgiveness and explains his inadvertency. The letter con- cludes : — " Prom all which, my Lord, 1 beg leave to say that I do not so much sollicite your Lordship lor the Deputy Clerkeship of the Lieutenancy (tho' I should even in that post be proud of serving your Lordship and the gent[leinen]) as to reconcile myselfe to your Lordship's favour, which if you please lo grant me will not only be an argument of your Lordship's great lennity and goodness; but of convincing me how much I am. — My honoured Lord. — Your Lordship's most dutiful! and most obliged humble serv'. Humph. Brent. 1712, Oct. 22nd. Minutes taken by Humphrey Brent " Att a Court of Lieutenancy held for the Tower Hamletts att the Rummer Taverne jn Whitechappell on the 22d day of October Anno Domini 1712 " : — Present — Sir John Cass Kn*, William Northey Esq 1 ' , Thomas Hard- wick Esq 1 *, Thomas Frampton Esq ro , Edmond Noble Esq ro , John Blackball Esq"', .John Elderton Esq 1 '', Thomas Blackmore Esq' 6 , Sir Samuel Clerke Knt., Robert Kirby Esq re , William Nicholas Esq™, Samuel Skinner Esq* 6 , Thomas Preston Esq re , Peter .Monger Esq 10 , George Tourville Es(| ,v , Stephen Hall Esq re . [Deputy Lieutenants]. — In the chair Sir John Cass Kn*. The B* Hon ble George Earl of Northampton Lord Lieutenant of the. -aid Hamletts having this day by Sir John Cas^ Kn' recomended to this Court Humphrey Brent Gentleman to officiate as (Jerk in the absence of M l Hewett Clerk to the Lieutenancy the said Humphrey Brent was accordingly unanimously elected and declared Clerk and is appointed by this Court to officiate as Clerk in the said M 1 Hewett's absence. ORDERED that the severall Companies of the two regiments of the Militia for the Tower Hamletts which are at present commissioned be forthwith ticketted and that the rolls of each Company together with A duplicate of the same be brought in by the severall Captains to the next Lieutenancy to be holden at the place ahovesaid on Monday next att two of the Clock in the' afternoon in Ol'dei to be approved off and signed by them and that Major Thomas Hardwick and Major Thomas Kemp do forthwith give tin- necessary order- lo the several] Captains of their respective Regiments accordingly. 214 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess Ordered that all such orders as shall from time fi) time bo issued Towsshbsd p oith by anthority of this Court to the respective Majors of the two regiments l>e signed by three of the Deputy Lieutenants att least. Adjourned to the place abovesaid to Monday next att two a clock. [1712?]. Petition of Ellinor Calverly to the Karl of Northampton. Unsigned and undated. Sheweth — That your Petition 1 ' hath given credit to the nun doing duty here, the sum of seven hundred pounds : the officers haveing received no pay (although haveing done twelve months duty) your Petition 1 ' being involv'd in dept and brought to the last extreamity by giveing credit to above halfe the garrison wee all expecting your Lordship's takeing possession of Hie garrison, do hope for your Lordship's favour in this our deplorable condition. Otherwise both officer, soldier and sutler must come to utter mine. — Your Petition* most humbly prays your Lordshipp will be pleas'd to give us your letters. to the Lord High Treasurer, and that the Company's doing duty here may be establish't and paid, whereby the officers may be kept from .starving as well as the men and sutlers from goales, and falling into utter destruction. [1712 ?]. Petition of Peter Steward to the same. The Petitioner is one of his Lordship's tenants as a sutler in the Tower, in the house where Eaton lately lived and he prays that his Lordship will "let him continue in the said business or otherwise your Lordship's poore old petitioner and wife must unavoidably perrish." [Circ. 1713.] The humble Petition of Charles Wills quiltmaker in Buckle Street in Whitechappel and Headborough for the Upper Precinct. — To the Right Honorable the Earle of Northampton Constable of her Majestie's Tower of London : — Humbly Shcwith — That on Thursday the 19 th instant about 3 and I a clock in the afternoon he having finished the collection of a brief for building the church of Burton upon Trent was goeiug to Tower Street upon business and having a sudden occasion he went doune to the side of the Tower Dock near the rayl that goes doune from the turn pike to ease himself. Whilst he was there he Avas shott by the ccntenell upon or about Leg's Mount with pease or small shott in about (30 places that the blood followed and near 40 of them on his right thigh and 20 in his right leg and (5 in his cod which beat him downe and [he] was taken up sencoless by Cap 1 Bolton and other gentlemen who were passing by who led him to the Czar of Muscovy's Head in Tower Street a surgeon being brought he order'd some plaisters and oyntment and that he should goe home where he has continued ever since in great paine not being able to follow his trade to his detrim 1 having a wife and 3 children to maintain. The persons that took him up saw a serjeant and soldiers of the garrison and which were upon the hill when he was taken up s[ai]d that the centenells had orders from the Gover[uo]r to shoote at all persons that eased themselves there. WHEREFORE Your Petitioner humbly prays your Lordship wilbe pleased to take his condition into your consideration and give him such relief as in your Lordship's great wisdome shall think propper. And your Petitioner shall ever pray &c. [Circ. 1713]. Petition of Thomas Glover for, and on behalfe of, his Father Richard Glover, to the same. Unsigned and undated. SHEWETH — That your Petitioner's brother Richard Glover was by your Lordship's Comission in Feb* last admitted one of the Yeomen HISTORICAL MA.NtJSCRtPT6 OOttMl &.OV. 2lo Waiters att the Tower, under your Lordship's Command, and paid for the said placo 250 u being all his substance: that his said brothei left ;im ancienl father and six children to maintaine in a low condioion, and In l<-rc Ms death desired thai an Humble Memorial! might be presented to your Lordship of his hard case -And most humbly pray'd your Lordship that his «aid father or your Petitioner for him, might he admitted to the said place, or otherwise that your Lordship would be pleased to grant liis said father such reliefe upon the admittance of any other in consideration of the great loss, as your Lordship of your wisdome and goodness shall think lilt ; hee being an object of your Lordship's pitty, as will bee certifyed to your Lordship by M 1 Foley of Stoake flail, in Herefordshire, Richard tfopton Esq*, Robert Uni1 Esq* and others there." [Circ 1713]. Petition of Elizabeth ESadoa to the same. Unsigned and undated. The Petitioner, ;i widow, v. ho for Beveral years has had the ns" of a cellar near Traytor's Grate has lately boea locked out of it by the orders of Colonel Pendlebury, and begs that she may have the use of it as formerly. [Circ. 1713]. "The humble petition of the Inhabitants of the North and West sides of Tower hill " to the same. Undated. The petitioners beg his Lordship's permission " to plant a row of trees before their dwelling houses which they humbly conceive may he an ornament to the hill and no manner of ill eonvenieney," etc. Signed by Tho. Andrews, llaieomt Master, .1. Hunt, John Gore, S.im" Percivall, P. Cranke, W Baynes. Sprig Manesty, Richard Harris, and Benjamin Fowler. | 1713]. The humble address (To the^ueen's Most Excellent Majesty (of the R' Houo ble the Lord Lieuten 1 and Custos Rotulorum, and of the Deputy Lieutenants, and Justices of the Peace, and Militia Officei s Lord Northampton. Dated al Whitehall, and endorsed " Lord Dartmouth's letter forfireing the Tower guns upon the peace being concluded at Utrecht." 1713, April lHtli. A certificate from the Commissary's office (signed by -I. Crawford) "that the W Hon We Robert Lord Lucas was mustered as Chief Governor of the Tower both before ami alter the Treaty of He wick." 171.5, April 20th. Two certificates from the Paymaster's office, aign< d by James Moody Deputy Auditor. Prom the firsi it appears that by the accounts of the Earl of Rane- lagh, late Paymaster General, that the pay of Lord Lucas, as Chief Governor of the Tower, was at tlie rate of 38*. tyd. per diem, from I 8 * April 1692 to 24"' June 1702. From the second certificate it appears that the pay of the garrison of the lower, from 25 th June 1702 to 24"' Oct. 1702, was paid to the [V Hon b *° Montague Earl of Abingdon. 171.3, May 1th. Lord Dartmouth, .Secretary of Stale, to Lord North- ampton, from Whitehall: acquainting his Lordship by the Queen's commands that she has ordered proclamation of the Peace to he made the next day and that it is her pleasure that the Tower Guns should he tired as usual. 1713, June 25th. The same to the same, from Whitehall. "My Lord — Her Majesty commands me to acquaint your Lordship that when the French Embassador makes his publick entry, it is her pleasure thai he should be treated with all the marks of respect that are usually shewn to persons of his character on the like occasion." 1713, July 6th. The same to the same, from Whitehall. "My Lord — 1 am commanded by the Queen to acquaint your Lordship that Her Majesty does not go to tt' Paul's Church tomorrow, but both Houses of Parliament being to he there it is Her Majesty's pleasure tin 1 guns of the Tower should lie fired at the singing of the Te Deum as has been usual at times of publick thanksgivings in that place." 1713, .July 21st. The Duke of Ormonde, Commander in Chief, to the same, from the ( lockpit. ••My I. Mid Tin' third regiment of Pool Guards being to be re- viewed on Thursday next, I desire youi Lordship will give orders for inh of thai Regiment as are now in the Tower, to march out tomorrow morning, and to he reliev'd by such others of the Foot Guards as shall be appointed lor that service according to Her Majestie's pleasure signifyd to me thereupon." 1713, July 28th. William Nicholas to the same. Endorsed: — "M 1 Nicolas letter aboul my being muster'd and appointing an Agent." 1713, Aaigt. 1st. The same to the same. Endorsed: — " M' Nicholas's letter upon his being made Agent to the Tower Garrison. " 1713, Augt. 3rd. The Duke of Ormonde to the same. Dated at .v James's. " My Lord — I am inform'd your Lordship is plac'd on the estab- lishment of guards and garrisons for the more regular payment of your appointment as Constable of the Tower, but I must at the same time acquairxl your Lordship that it i- not the Queen's intention, the 218 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MABQtrBas privileges which the Lieutenant has by custom enjoy'd should be there-- ""m.v" 1 " by any way lessen d, cither in regard to the agency or any thing else." 1713, Augt. 3rd. Sir William YVyiulham, Secretary at War, to Hatton ( omptou Esq* [Lieutenant General in the army and Lieutenant of the Tower j. Dated at London, and enclosed in the next. '* Sir — I have received yours with the copy of a letter from M r W IU Nicholas, and an extract of your patent. My Lord Northampton is att his request placed on the establishment and ordered to be mustered, he desiring rather to be paid on the military list than the civil where the Constable used to be paid. When Her Majesty complied with that request of his Lordship's I am satisfied she never meant to make any alteration in the power or authority of that post much less to take away any from yours as Lieutenant which is conferred by patent." 1713, Augt. 4th. Hatton Compton to Lord Northampton. Dated at Fulham, and endorsed : — '* L l Gen" Compton's letter." '• My Lord — -When first I hear'd of your Lordship's being upon the establishment I reioyced extremly knowing 'twas your own request and I hoped you would a stoped there ; but last Saturday night 1 received a very pert letter from your agent as he calls himself: which allarumed me that your Lordship was taking what of right belongs to me : whereupon I made my applvcation to my Lord Treasurer [Lord Oxford and Mortimer] his grace of Ormonde and the Secretary of Warr ; the first spoke to the -aid secretary in my hearing a Sunday night to the same purpose which is hoped will satistie your Lordship since the other two have writ the iuclosed to convince you so far as to recall what orders you have given to your clarke or agent for I have got the Muster stoped to avoid disputes untill 1 receive your Lordship's coruands : which I desire-next po?t. Now I humbly beg leave to give my poor opinion : viz.: that by being muster' 1 you brought yourself to be one of the 8000 men and con- sequently under whosoever commands the army, which I fear lessens the grandure of the Constable ; I still hope 'twill not be. in the power of little underhand people to create any misunderstanding betwixt your Lordship and him that ever was and is" etc. 1713, Augt. 4th. William Nicholas to the same. " I cannot learn why the Muster was putt off till Friday . . . I have provided the Muster Rolls so every thing will be ready for Friday." 1713, Augt. 6th. The same to the same. My Lord — I have onely to acquaint your Lordship that the Lieuteuant has sent a letf to the Tower w' h Major D'Oyly shewed me this day in these words : " These are to acquaint you that the Muster is putt off till a further day, of which you shall have timely notice from &c. The letf was directed to Coll. Peudlebury . . . ." 1713, Augt. 6th. Lord Northampton to the Lieutenant of the Tower. Endorsed — ''Copy of my letter to Generall Compton." " — I received your letter and am surprised you should be so much dio* .-.ttisfied with my being putt at the head of the Muster Roll and at my appointing an agent, which I take to be the regular way and shall not re- call any orders I have given having writt by this post to the D. of Ormond. As to any misunderstanding between us I know of none nor of any person that endeavours to promote it, but if there should he any it will be wholy owing to yourself, for 1 am as I. have always been." 1713, Augt. 6th. The same to Lord Oxford and Mortimer. Dated at Ashby, and addressed " Copy of my Letter to Lord Treasurer." HISTOKIOAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 219 '• My Lord, I hear the Lieutenant <>i the Town hath be< d with your Lordship upon my being placed on the establishment "I guards and garrisons and upon ray appointing an agent which of right belongs to him that is ;it 1 1 ■ « - head of 1 1 1 » - Muster Hull; it was by your Lordship's favour I was made Constable and also putl upon ilii establishment, which makes me hope for your protection in maintaining i ■ i « - in my just rights " 1713, Am-i. 6th. The same to the Duke of Ormonde. Dated at Aslihy, mid endorsed — "Copy of my letter to the l>. of Omiond." To the same effect as the last. [1713]. u The Case relating to the Power of the Constable of the Tower in appointing an agent for that garrison when upon the establish- in 1 for guards and garrisons." 1713, Augt. 8th. William Nicholas to Lord Northampton. En- dorsed — " M 1 ' Nicholas with answers to Querys concerning an agent." 1713, Augt. 11 th. The same to the same. Endorsed — "M r Nicholas concerning the appointing an agent.'" 1713, Augt. 12th. The same to the tame. Endorsed — " M 1 Nicholas concerning an agent." 1713, Sept. 3rd. Samuel Lynn to the same. From Whitehall. "My Lord — Her Majesty having order'd thi Third Reg* of Foot Guards in the Tower Bamletts and on duty at the Tower to march from thence, being first relieved 1>) a detachment from the other reg h of Foot Guards in the said Tower duly, I am comanded in the absence of M r [Francis] Gwyn [Secretary at War] to acquaint your Lordship therewith thai you may please to permit the said relief to l>e made accordingly . . ." 1713, Oct. 6th. Lord Northampton. "To the Right Hon* 1 " M r [John] Hill Lieu' General! of the Ordnance." "Sir, — There being a vacancy of one of the garrison gunners under my command by the death of Dan 1 Thorp, this is to desire you will please to give the necessary orders for Rob. Trimble to have a war- rant to succeed him. 1 doubt not but he will he the more acceptable he having served in the Royall Artillery in Flanders till it was broke ami he allso having assured me he will reside in the Tower the better to do his duty which 1 shall for the future expect from the garri>on gunners." [1713]. " .Extract[s] of sev[era]l patents [temp. Jac. I., and Car. I.] of the office of keeping the lyons in the Tower." [1713.] John Martin to Lord Northampton. Undated and un- addressod. " My Lord, — The grant of the said lyon office is most humbly de- sired for the term of forty years or any other term that may be readily granted, by — My Lord— Your Lordship's most humble and obedient ser- vant, J NO Maktix." [1713]. " Establishment of the Tower of London for 184 days, from the 24 th June inclusive to the 21"' December inclusive." Note — From this paper it appears thai the pay, per diem, of the Constable is 21. I4s.9£' of this instant August) his Wife haveing also departed tin- lite the 28 th of July last, and have left! behind them, ten Fatherless and Mother- less Children, six of whom are not able to do any thing lor a Liveins* ami being left in miserable poor Circumstances w^out any manner of Dependanee for their Support, hut the Charity of well despos'd people. 222 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION*. Marqubss Wherefore and in regard to his Fathers Ions and Faith full Service, ll<\V.V3HK\I> . . FT 11 >l 11 1 1 ■ 1 • mss. your Petitioner Humhiv prays you 1 no plcasd to bestow on luin his Fathers said Benefit! of ringing tlio Bell (w cl1 will be a most charitable Act and enable him to maintain his poor Brothers and Sisters"). Your Petitioner as in Duty Bound shall ever pray &c. Tho 8 Cable. 1714, Sept. 6th, Whitehall. Francis, Grwyn to Lord Northampton. " My Lord — A Detachment of Two hundred Men and Officers pro- portionable of Lieu 1 Gen 1 [John Richmond] Webb's Regiment [the 8 th Foot] being order'd to march and releive the Detachment of the Foot Guards now doing Duty at (he Tower of London the Day before His Majesty's coming from Greenwich to S r James's, It is the Lords Justices Direction that upon the Arrival of the said Detachment of L f General Webb's Regiment Your Lordship do permit the said Releif to be made accordingly." 1714, Sept. 8th. A Sealed Council Order. Dated at the Council Chandler, S 1 James's, and signed by Edward Southwell. Endorsed : — " Order of Councill for firing the Gun's at the Tower 1 st w° the King Lands at Greenwich ; 2. w n the King s^-tts out on the day of his Entry ; 3. w n His Maj tie & all his Guards shall have pass'd ov" 1 ' Loud" Bridge." 1714, Sept. 16th. Francis Gwyn to Lord Northampton. Dated at Whitehall, and endorsed : — " Lett 1- from Francis Gwyn Secy of War that the Detachm* of Guards [at the Tower] be forthwith retired by the Detachm* of Gen 1 Webbs Regiment." 1714, Sept. 27th. William Pulteney to the same. Dated at White- hall, and endorsed : — '•' A Letter from W m Pulteney Esq r Secretary at War, for permitting Gen 1 Webbs Reg mt to be relieved by a Detachment of the 3 Regim* 3 of Foot Guards." 1714, Oct. 14th. The same to the same. Dated at Whitehall, and endorsed : — " William Pulteney Secretary at. War That a List of the. Commis- sioned] Officers in the Tower be sent to him." 1714, Oct. 19th. Lord Townshend to the same. Dated at Whitehall, and endorsed : — "Letter from my L (1 Townshend Seer? of State to fire the Guns as usual [tomorrow] on the Day of His Majesties Coronation." Same date. William Pulteney to the same. Dated at Whitehall, and endorsed : — " Order for firing the Tower Guns for His Majesty's Coronation." 1714, Oct. 26th. The Board of Ordnance to the same. Dated at the Office of Ordnance, and signed by C[harles] Musgrave (Clerk of the Ordnance) the Hon Dixie Windsor (Storekeeper of the Ordnance), and Rupert King. " My Lord — We desire your Lordship will be pleased to give directions, that the person who has the Key of the House belonging to this Office on the East end of Tower Wharfe (which was lent for the Guard to do duty when doubled on the demise of her late Majesty) do forthwith deliver the said Key 1o M r Farmer Messenger to this Office." 171o, Jan. 7th. The same to the same. Dated at the Office of Ordnance, ami signed by Edward Ashe (Clerk of the Ordnance), James Craggs (Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance), Major General HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 223 Michael Richards (Surveyoi General of the Oi'dnance), and John Arm- Mahqi «u , « , . , ,^ ,. Tom **hi - . strong (afterwards Surveyor General), hbs " My Li.nl— We writ t to yonr LordP the $&* of October las! to desire you to give directions for delivering the Keys of 1 1 » « - House on t In- East cud of Towei Wharfe (which was lent for the Guard to do doty, on the Demise of lier late Majesty) t<> M 1 Parmer Messenger ti» tlii» < >tti< c, luit as yel the said Keys are not delivered up, We must therefore desire to remind your Lordship of our former Letter, & thai you will be pleased to give directions accordingly." 171-3, .Ja'!. 10th. "Copy of my Lords Answer to the Board of Ord- nance concerning the key of the Guard house al the Mud of the Wharfe." Sirs— 1 i-.-c' 1 y r letter of the 7 1 ' 1 Instant wherein yon desire me to give directions for delivering the Key of tin- Guardhouse :ii the Bast cud of tli'- Winnie. I will sp&aku to the Duke of Marlborough con- cerning it & :im —Sir- — SToni* humble Serv 1 . 1717, duly 5th. The Account of the Pay of the Garrison of the Tower of London [from Jan* 20"' 171 4 ' to March 11"' 17J'iJ. This is a True Coppy of the Account of all the Money received and paid on Account of the Garrison of the Tower of London by me — \Ym Xi> HOLAS." Le'jters formerly belonging to Elizabeth (Shirley) Countess of Northampton. 1713-1737. 17 13, Augt. loth. Dame b'erreis to Elizabeth Shirley. Unaddressed. " My dear Child. Tis in this relation i shall ever esteeme you, therefore you may depend upon me, and in whoever i may [_*!»> J most to express my selt'e for y 1 ' serris be free w"' me and i will readly compose my selfe to y r intrest, for as Almightye < 1 <>»l hath bin pleased to leave but one of my Famyle, i thinke i am the more oblidgd to otter npon any consernes of y n fo U red'ly to inquier w* can be [in] my power to add to y 1 ' advantage, and recomend it in all times, that you will be very prudent in care off the station you are in, nor do or ael in future or present any thing to the preindise of that inhereitance w 011 God hath given you, i shall now say noe more but trust that yon make good use of my advise for y r owne binifett and now take my Lave for this present but shall be to you my Deare Child y r affectionat Grand Mother Anne Ferrers." [No date.] The lion. Lawrence Shirley to "M" Shirley at the Lady Ann Courtney's in the Pall Mall — London." '• Twickenham Sunday. — Dear Niece I rant by any means prevail with my Lord to look into those Papers, that 1 brought with me: He says he will neither concern himself with them, nor any thing that belongs to y w , as long as \ w continue under my L a Abingdon's care He has still a great deal of compassion left for y", & would willing!) be the means of saving y" from the ruin y" must inevitably inert with, from i hose whose hands y" are now in. Wherefore, if y" will consent to leave my L d Abingdon, Jt turn off y* french woman (which is another thing he insists upon) y" shall be very welcome to his house am- he will do \ u all the sen ise he can." 1714, July 20th. The Dowager Countess of Arran to the same. Unaddressed. 224 historical manuscripts commission. lomm? 8 " ^ ' 1!U * writt to you sooner Deare Niece, on this sad occasion but MSS. that really I have had so much trouble for it my self, as made me very uuiitt to write on that subject, but I desire you to believe, I am much concerned for you, hearing how great a share you take in this Lust affliction you have, in the losse of y r oneley, & kind Brother [Lord Tamworth], in this change (that hath noe remedy) one must submitt Avth patience to the will of God, who orders all things for the best, & be thankfull, that it hath pleased God hitherto to preserve you alive, &, I hope, you will not afflict y 1 ' self soe, as to bring any illnesse upon y r self but that you may he preserved in health, to inioy the fortune that is now fallen to you, & may be continued, to be an honnour to y 1 ' famyly, & a comfort to y 1 ' relations, amongst w dl none wishes you more hapynesse, nor will be readyer to serve you in all J can, than y r Aflee- tionat humble seruant D[orotiiy] Arran." " [P.S.] Pray present my service to y r Aunts & to Lady Barbery [Barbara] & M r Laurance [Shirley] that T am sorry to hear are soe afflicted." [1714], July 24. The Countess Ferrers to " The Honrable M rs Shir- ley at Staunton in Leicester Shire. — Loughbrough [Post-] Bagg." Dated in London and franked ' : Ferrers." " Dear Madam, we got hear a fry day by six a clock, we had a very pleasant journey it was not hot nor dusty. That was a bundell went down by the Mourning Coch, dericked [directed] for me, if you pleas to oppen it y ar your shows [shoes], pray send my Slippers the furst opportunyty. I have sent to M ls Gilibone, he say he has not bespock you a Saddel. I desire to do it a Monday & hope to send it the week after. I cannot get any brown gloves ready Made. L? Abingdon is in town and L? Wenshallcey. The town says L? B : has 200001b. left her. I hope it will do her Servis, and marry her soon. I have seen nobody nor heard no news. I desire you will let me know how you are y es [this] time, weather more than useall or les. I desire you will take y 1 ' medesons a week after you are well, T will send you some Spaw Waters a Monday, that you may recover y 1 ' health is the harty prayers of y r obliged humble Servant. S[et.ina] F[errersJ. [P.S.] My L a gives his blesing to all I desire mine ware dew [where due] I cannot write to lena y es post & I for got to charge her not to speck to Ly Bety let her be never so bad pray tell her this. Sence T writ I hear [the] L' 1 Treasurer] went to the Q : last night & gave her his Staf L a Darthinouth & the D k of Buckingham the say L d Bishop of London is to be the furst L d of Trea : the Bp of Rochester privi Seal. L d T: has been here sence I writ with his wite Staf so I believe all 1 have writ may not be trew pray send the inclosed to my Mother." [1714], July 27th. The same to the same. Addressed as the last, and franked by Lord Ferrers. Dear Madam — I coud get nothing ready to send you y es [this] week but hope to send all the next I have bespock y 1 ' Saddel the man brant me one I liked very well but it had two purnels so I have bespock one with one pumel covered with gray cloth lased with black lase [lace] with every thing to it for 1/. 10. 1 hope it will please; you 1 am to have it a Satterday sevennight. L v Angelsey was marry'd last Satterday, M 1 "' Pit to M r Chomley y" [they] ware at S 1 James Church a Sunday very fine all my L ds Diamonds are come y ai " is non very large, we have bid 5000 lb for M" Bouchers house we conclud we shall have it for she says HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 225 she will take five thousand Guineas so I believe sin: wont stand for that. T )f u; ' I desire Jaek may take some spuw waters every da) and M r Martinis desires he may ride a horse hack [on horseback] if he wont go before a Man he [Lord Ferrers] would have Nurs[ c] ride behind a man or one [on] a singel horse & take' him [Jaek] in her lap y ar is some- drops for him gon y os week to take when he wakes before dinner as he osto. L d Wamonth [Weymouth] is very ill y a think he wont liwe he hic- ups so everry night y a can [hear] him two or three Boomes offf] L) Worsley is with him but non of the famcly besides y ; "' i- a good dele of company hear b* y a Avill all go as soon as the Q : leves Kiusinton she has the Gout in her knee alettel. My L' 1 has the Gout in his grate towe of the outlier foot but. he gees a bout the hovse 1 give [you] many thanks Dear Madam for the care you take of my children & hope 1 shall soon be with you. I am y r Most obliged Humble Servant S. Ferrers. [1714?], July 29th. Dame Ferrers to the same. Addressed: " Foi M" Shirly." " Deare Miss, I have receaved y r most respectfull kind letter to me w th all the consolation that i was capable of in the condition i was in, for the reale sence of y rs , and my grate Love, hath establishd such an affliction upon my heart that i could not compose my selfe to write so soounc as i ought to have dune, besides i have not bin well, but now am better, aud doe assure you as long [as] I have Life will ever express my selfe in my constant friendship for you therefore watch w th greate prudence to have a care of y r present State and be not prevailed w th to pre[j]ud[i]ch y' power, you have a fayer fortune be sure you keepe it, and God give you wisdom and courage to mantaine y r powers health and life i pray to AHmighty God give you for this his favour will still be my prayers that am y r Affectionate Grand Mother. A. Ferrers." [1714], Aug. 12th. The Countess Ferrers to the same. Addressed " For Madam Shirley at Staunton Leicershire — Loughbrough Bagf " and franked by Earl Ferrers. " Dear Madam — I saw M n Ferrers a mounday night she went off the next day out of Town she is not well I never heard any body so angrey as she is att his Will she sayd was it love what els coud it be that he shoud leve her so much she woud have seen him if she had known he had made a Will & a grate dele more every body says the same she dos. I hope vou will like y r Saddel he would have had 7./. 10. *■. if it had been a lose cloth & y es way he had 4 . 1. 10. s. he can make you a velvet Cover over y ej or he will change it when you have don with it we are very quiate hear & y a think we shall be so, some fear it will not last, y a believe the Covonnation will be asson as y a can get things ready for it, but he is very stately & everry thing must be very fine he speks nether frinch nor English he wont be very good Company to these Kings [the Lords Justices] when he comes (houe ?) are much exalted the lettel D k of K[ent ?] has ganed three inches I have seen one of them but he dos not speak to Subjecks. Pray take no more of the waters sence v a do not agree with you I desire if you are not so before five weeks pray take that U 24953. P 226 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. M.utQPEss purg agane dont go longer than live weeks 1 beg. I am very glad to here ToM Sr!s EXI> you are so well for nothing can be a greater pleasure to — ' Madam y 1 ' Most obliged — Humble Servant S. F. [P.S.] My L d gives hisblesing to you and all the famely he thought y a had been a Buck sent from Chartley everry week he has writ to order one everry week." [1714], Augt. 14th. The same to the same. Unsigned and un- addressed. " Madam, I have changed y r saddle for two pumels the mancoly news of Q. [Anne's] death makes everry body hear very dull I hope you have a pleasanter time in the Country I was yesterday at M rD Bondchers My L d has baut it he gives oOOO 11 it is thought very cheap I carryed both my boys to School I am sory I cannot tell when I shall return to Staunton for my L d will stay to see the new K : he cannot be hear in les than a fourthnight which is grate grief to me for I long to see you I am in grate hast. My L d gives his blesing to all mine ware dew My Sister is y r Humble Servant." 1714, Sept. 4th. Frances Thynne (afterwards Duchess of Somerset), to the same. Dated at Leweston, and unaddressed. " Dear Madam — I return you many thanks for the favour of your letter & am very- much asham'd you should take any notice of so worthless a thing as the purse I have a great deal of reason to beg your pardon for sending it att a time when you was in such affliction for the death of Lord Tain- worth, but I knew nothing of his illness till after it was gone, so I am in hopes you will forgive me, I am very much obliged to you for the Sence [you] express of our loss in my Grand Pappa [Lord Weymouth] & join w th you in thinking that this has indeed been a very Unfortunate summer to us both. My Sister presents her most humble Ser ce to y u and the yonng Ladys. I hope you will do me the favour to accept of the same & believe me to be Dear Madam Y r most affectionate Cousen & obliged humble Servant F. Thynne." 1714, Sept. 11th. Dame Ferrers to the same. From London. Addressed " these for the Honored M rs Shirley at the Right Hon ble The Earl Ferrer's — Staunton Harold in Leicestershire." " My Deare Child The letter wherein you intrusted me so freely w th y r secrett thoughts came safe to me w ch in every part did so much agree w th my sence of y r condition that had i bin w th y r selfe in conference together could not have bene in any kind more express a prudence then w* was, in that my approbation of all you say in that you writ then, i advise you to kecpe firmly to, and looke v th a constant Vigilance to of oune interest, this is all i can now say to you being in hopes soune to see you in toun, when wee may more at large know one anothers minds, and pray beleeve now and ever y t i'm y r most faythfull affectionate friend in all your consernes, as y r oune Mother to the last day of my Life, in w ch you may comunicate y 1 ' thoughts att times when you thinke fitt, and nowe farewell till wee meet, but wheare i am y rs as i proffes. Anne Ferrers. HISTORICAL MANl-CRIPTS Cn\|\||-iox. 227 [P.S.] My Lady Ferrers did me the honor of a visitt my services to all y r Aunts my serviss to Lady Baberbery [Barbara] th<- time draw.- neare lor my renl charg remember <>fit." — [1714?] Sep. 12th. The Dowager Countese of brran to theeamfe. Unaddressed. " Deare Niece, I received y 1 ' 9 & I am glad to find you are in good health, I ca'nt blame y r hist concern, but in things that ca'nt be helped we must -ub- niitt, & look to the present, w ch is y r wellfaire, 1 received a very oblidging letter from my Lady Ferrers, who professes great kindnesse to you, & how much she will indeavour to serve [you] & make y r life pleasant, but I hope in a convenient time, you will be setled well in a house of y r own, y 1 * fortune being now soe considerable that you may soon have many good opurtunitys of that kind in y r choice. I shall always be very glad of any hapynesse that befalls you, & ready to serve you in any thing that lyes in the power of Y r Affectiona t Aunt & bhumle ser 1 D. Areas. [P.S.] I fancy my L d Ferrers will hardly goe back into Darbyshire there is soe much to be done in town w ch will occation y r coming the sooner to town I shall be glad to hear from you. I supose my mother bath Avritt to you since her return from hence. My humble service to y r Aunts." [1714?], Sept. 18th. The Countess Ferrers to the same. Addressed " For The Hon ble M 1 ' 8 Shirley att Staunton by Loughbrough bag. Lecestershire," and franked "Ferrers." " Madam, I am very glad I am now to set a day for y 1 * journey M 1 ' Kirck- land has orders to hire Coches for you one Mickalmas day if you approve of it I believe Fore of my Garls & a Servant may come in the Coch with you if y a do then Martin & the two Children & French women & my Chamber Made & the nursary Made betty Tomson one more that will be most helpfull to them may come in the other. My L d wont let Jack come if he stays betty Wilkins must. I hope the rodes will be good & that you will have a pleasant journey I sopose you know y r Aunts intend to go & live with some of y ar relations whieh I hope will contribut to y r happyness as well as mine & that everry thing may add to y K is the harty wishes of Y r Most Obliged Humble Servant S. Ferrers." [1714], Sept. 24th. The Countess Ferrers " To the Hon ble M» Shirley att Staunton Leicestershire — Loughbrough Bagg," Franked " Ferrers." " I forgot to write you a pece of news I heard a bout a fortnight ago. L d Dunkilen [Dunkellin] is going to be marryed to one M rs Parker a widdo she has been so but a year & a half she has 7 children & ust to be a cocket with grate spiret, but now I will tell you the good part. She has 800 u a year & a house & 2o000 li in money, her father is rery rich & very fond of her he has only one more Daughter he does not care for, he is called Portland Smith. I believe it will make 1 " I return Dear M rs Shirley many thanks for her oblidging Letters & '— -* should have done it before now but was prevented sometime by my Concerne for the Death of my poore Sis r Bertie who is realy a very great Loss to her famely & last week I had begun writeing to y u but was ■^eiz d w th the Colick before I had finished my letter w ch Continued upon mee for some days & made mee soe weak that this is the first time I have bin able to take pen in hand since & I can not say my disorder has perfictly left mee yet, y r LaP s surprized mee by the news y u sent mee of the Dutches of Beaufort & own I can not but think she had much better have Continued as she was, I hope if my Couzen Catherine Bertie marys my Lady Norreys will take hit Sis r Nany to live with her. I am oblidged to y r LaP 3 for y 1 ' desier of seeing mee but nothing has yet happend in this Countery to make mee desierous of leaving it but if I could doe y u any service none would bee more ready to take a Jorney to London than my Self, my Boy is soe delighted w th the present y u sent him that he says he will drink y r health for ever & indeed he & his Sis 1 ' never doe mis it a day, I think wee are much quieter here than at Lon- don w ch makes mee wish all my friends w th mee I shall expect in a little time to hear some news of y r LaP s I am sure none wishes y r Happynes more than I doe who am Dear Madam Y r LaP s faithfuU Humble Ser* A. C'OURTENAY. [P.S.] S r W m & my litle ones are y 1 ' LaP s Humble Ser ts & I am the same to Lady Bab & beg the favour of y r La? 3 to get a sight of the bed as y u mention w ch I think must be a penyworth & if y 1 ' think it soe I shall bee oblidged if y u will buy it for me & will returne y u the money." 1714, Oct 17th. Lady Anna Eleanor Shirley to the same. From Lichfield. Franked by John Cotes, and addressed " This for M 1 ' 3 Shirley att the Earl of Abingdon's in S* James Square — London." The seal on this letter represents an amorino springing off the ground to catch a winged heart. " Dear nece, I should not a been so long silant, but that my sister Bar[bara] writing, I belived y 11 wold loke upon it the same, and I had nothing more to tell y u , but what she did, I am extremly well pleas'd y u like being att L d Abingdon's, for I dont question but it will be much to y 1 ' advantedg, for non more sencerely wishes y r happynes, than my silf. My Brother & Sister, & nece, & my silf, was att the assamble, we dined at Lady Pies ; she inquier'd affter y u , as did M™ Willmot, we danced, & ther was most of the best company ther, M rs Coten says M v Nate Corsen enquiers much affter y u , & his elder brother drinks y v health to him. I hear M r Pagit desires to make great Cort to y u , so that he will folio y r Brothers maxim, in not taking on[e] deniall. By what I can hear y u will have great store of admi[r]ers ; I can give y u noe account of Repton, yett, it is much as it was when y" was last hear. M rs frances bagot is just com hear to the Race, in hopes of her loves Com- pany i sepos, to dance, but she will i fear be balked for ther will be tow ball's, & we shall goe to M r Chettings [Chetwynd's ?], tho he desines to envit all upon the race ; & has musick com from lester, &• has lad out 20 pound in swettmets & hiered the town hall, i am in hast, & wish y" can read this sad [s]croll, i am Y r most Affe : Aunt & Servent, A\ : Ell : Shirley. HISTORICAL MANUBCBIFT8 COMMISSION. 231 [P.S.] My Brother Ler : eivea his sarves to y u , & all the rest of y 1 ' $$£, relations hear, & with me wishes y u much devershon att the Coronation, & hopes y u will not be uneasy att y' not being wellcom to the Pellmell, for when they Coin to Consider they will .soon Chang fcher minds ; my sarvea to madamasell & M* Gillho." 1714, Oct. 31st. The Dowager Countess of An an to the same, dn- addressed. "I hope Deare Madam you had my letter I sent you before yon can* to town, &, having not heard from you a good while, I ca'nt forbear* inquiring thus after you since y T coming to London, where I hope you have been well, I dougt not but of y r being very easy at my L 1 Abing- ton's, where I hear you are, but yet cannot but be sorry at the occasion, of leaving y r grandfathers house, before a good Husband brought you to one oft' y 1 ' own, where I hope in due time you will be hapyly placed, having now undoubtedly many good offers in y 1 ' choice, & that you will accept of some i_oneJ of them before long, w ch is the best setleinent y 1 friends can wish you. The town now is very intertayning, & I hope you have by this time gott of in some measure y r malancholv, for the unfortunate* losse w ch is not to be recalled, I shall extreamely reioyce to hear of y r well faire, being a very true freind of y 13 , & in all things very much Deare Niece, T* Affectionat humble servant, D. Arran." 1715, Augt. 17th. Rev d Walter Horton to the same. Dated in the Cathedral Close of Lichfield and unaddressed. " Most Honoured Madam Permit me to address myself to you this day, and even with extasys, & transports of joy to congratulate your having compleated the twenty first year of your age. It was my happiness to dedicate you to the Christian Religion, and it is a mighty satisfaction to me, that you are as much distinguished by your Piety, as by your birth, & quality, & I have with unspeakable pleasure reflected upon that truly noble Idea of Religion, which is so eminently conspicuous in you, which sits as it were in a glorious triumph in your brest, with all the passions in sub- jection about her, & with all that lustre that a sweet disposition, & ex- cellent sense, & a most graceful amiable Personage, can endear, & recommend. This, Madam, will command esteem, & inhance your Value amongst all that have the honour to know you. This will revive the brightest Images of your Illustrious Ancestors, for the Fcrrerses are renownd in our Annals for their generous favours to the Church, as well as for the vigorous Endeavours to maintain the liberty of their Country. May you live many many years. & inherit the Virtues with the fair estates of your Great Predecessors, may you have a most sure, but an exceeding late most blessed Immortality. May you be blest with a noble sweet Companion worthy of you, & may your Children succeed you in your fortunes, may all that prosperity attend you which your own good heart can desire for your self, are the constant & ardent Prayers of Honoured Madam Your most devoted & most humble Servant Walt : Hortox." 1715, Aug. 19th. M rs Katherine Ward to the same. Unaddressed. Dear Madam, This being the Anniversary of your La^ v Birth Day, the same which brings you to the possession of your honourable Estate, & inheritance, I 232 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. think it My Duty to congratulate y r Lu s p upon the same, with My Most sincere wishes for your health, & happiness, Long Life, & good Days, & the hest of Husbands, when you think fitt to alter your station, together with all other enjoyments your own heart can wish, or this world can afford you. I doubt not Madam but this is a day of great rejoycing amongst all your La s P 9 friends, & honourable relations. And we for our parts, according to the utmost of our poor capacityshave endeavour'd to perticipate with you as much as it Avas possible at so remote a distance, upon the Joyful accation. Sir Edward Littleton vissits us frequently^ & M r Ward tells him sometimes that your LaP s , & Lady Barbara would make My Lord Newport, & himselfe the best of Ladys, &if the Heavens have so great a blessing in store for Staffordshire, how should we rejoyce ? to have so good Neighbours, & the satisfaction of seeing your La s P* placed so near as within 6 or 7 Miles of each others seat. I have never had a Letter from your La s P since that I wrote in obedience to your Commands concerning My Masters Will, & after that I wrote to Mademoisell to enquire after your La s P s health, hearing you were in- disposed, but have never heard from her, which I am very much con- cern'd at, I hope as soon as this comes to hand Your La s P will honour me with a Line, for nothing is a greater pleasure to me than to hear from you often, nor nothing would be a greatar trouble than to think I was forgotten by your La s P. Be pleased to present my Humble Duty & service to Lady Barbara, & the rest of the Ladys, & I beg of you to accept of more than be expressed from Dear Madam Y r La s P s Most obedient & most faithful Humble Servant, Kath : Ward. [PS.] M 1 ' Ward is your La s P 5 Most Humble Servant, & we beg yoa will please to give our services to Mademoisell. " Upon 11 th of July last '89 I was at M r Wrights of Loughborrow who was a Servant of M r Ferrers of Walton for some time, & did travel with him beyond Sea, both in France, & Holland, he told me that Esq. Ferrers had a farme in Holland with a good House upon it, which he had been w th him at it, & it was called by the Name of Lows Downes, about seven Miles from the Hague in Holland. — John Coddington." This I found in an account book of M r Wards, & believing it might be of service to your La s P, I have transcrib'd it." [1716], [Feb.] 22nd. Lady Anna Bertie to the same. Dated as below and addressed " To M rs Sherly att a house next Door to the Dyall in Charles Street near S* James Square ; London." " This is to beg dear M rs Sherley & Lady babiays pardon for not waiting on you on mounday morring but my father was att home by himself and I could not have the face to ask him to give me leave to come to you but according to my promise will not faile to give you a full and true account of my journey to Oxford and my proceedings their, my commpny in the Coach was ane old goutay man and his man and his maide the old man preteniged great love to me, so you mus think I was mighty happy, so when I came into Oxford the furist thing I sawe and heard was K y how [who] told me that my Lady norrise [Norreys] was very angrey that I should come to Oxford without and invet[at]ion from her, but when I saw my Lady shee told me shee was mightly glad to see me and that I was mighty wellcome to her house, but she sad that I made her very dull, I put her so much in mind of my sister Nelly that I doe not much mind what was saide afore ; all the Oxford scolrs HISTORICAL MANX7SOBIPT8 COMMISSION. 233 aske if 1 am not a kin to M ,s Elnore Bertie for they nevor saw too so like in thear lives. This day I was ail the Theater to see my lord Aron chose and all the Cry I hear is Aron [Arran] & Ormond for ever & Down with the round heads, and treasion homed in the Btreat from morring to night so that you must think I am got into a very die town. I beg my humble service to Lady bab and I beg her pardon I did ool pay her for my head but upon my word I Dever thought on it till I came to weichem but I shall he in London in less then a forgnight or 1 will send the mouy by the furis[t] opuertunety but pray make a very handsome excuse for me, 1 have a great Deale to say to you but durst not turst itt in this paper, 1 did not get out of London till verry late bo that I did not come into Oxford till darke night and I was in great Danger of breaking my night, 1 hope dear M* Slierley [you] will be so kind as to send me word when you are my lady, and if you can give favours I hope you will laye one by for me and some bride cake for you know what a great lover I am of plumb cake I had this day the happiness of seeing young M r Coumton who I ham mightly in love with, I hope you will find out what is meint in this letter but you know what a very good speller I am, so that I will conglude Dear madam your faithfull frind and humble serveint to command A. Bertie. my sister deisirs her humble service to you I have not time to write to aney body afore twlef a Clock att night, pray derickt for me att my Lady norrise near the Theater in Oxford Oxford the 22 tivelf att night." [1715], March 5th. Lady Dorothy Cotes to the same. Dated at Lichfield and addressed " For the R l Hon 8ble the Lady Comptou next door to M r Massy 's YYaclnnaker in Charles Street near S l James's Square; London." Dear Neice, There is no Change of fortune happens to you wherein I cannot but take a part having allways had so sincere a Concern for you. And therefore must beg leave to congratulate with you on your entering into the happy Estate of Mattrimony ; and as you have all the Prospect of happiness any of your freands can desier so I sincerly wish you all the Injoyments this World can aford. Your LTukell desires his humble Sarvice to you wishing you all happiness & would have write to you on this subject but, thought it would be less trouble to you to put it in mine ; all mine are your humble Sarvants and J am Dear Niece Your Atfec. Aunt & Humble Sarvant, Dorothy Cotes. [P.S.] I desier my humble Sarvice to your Lord thou[gh] unknown." [1716], March 6th. Lady Anne Courtenay to the same. On- addressed. I have this day heard Dear Madam that y J are entered into the State oi Matrimony & cannot omit taking the first opertunety of wishing y r LaP s all imaginable Joy & Happynes as I think y u have reison to propose to y r self from the good Character w h is so# generaly giveu of my Lord Compton & I hope he justly deserves it for I am sure none hes a truer 234 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marqcess "Value for y r LaP 3 then I have, I believe y u are at this time much taken Tc "mII. :E>I> up vv th Company soe will tyer y u noe longer but to assure y u I am ' — : Dear Madam y r LaP s Most attec, & Obedient Humble Ser 1 , A. COURTENAY. [P.S.] S r W m is y 1 ' LaP s Most Humble Ser 1 & wishes y u much Joy & we both beg leave to Joyne in the same to my L d Compton. Nany begs y u will accept of her Humble service & good wishes." [1716], March lOtb. Catherine Venables, daughter of Sir Robert Shirley, to the same. Address torn. " My waint of heart (Madam) hendered me writing & I had as soon as I heard, to have wished y u ioy no boddy dus it more harttyly (for y v father and mother sack) I most allwas have a kindnes for y u and should be glad if it was in my power to searvie y u . I am much consearned att the dispute betwine y 11 , and y r grandfather and his anger, he is your father['s] father, and for his sack bair it all as well as y u can and hid[e] his packen [? passion] as much as you can for his sack and y 1 ' own as it may as lettel be knon as can be in the famally y u are now in, he is old, and so I am I hope y u will exquise this impertignences, and believe me to be Dear Madam Y r affect : [great] Aunt & humble searvant, C. Venables. [P.S.] My sarvis to L d Compton." [1716 ?], April 3rd. Lady Anne Courtenay to the same. Unaddressed. " I am very much oblidged to Dear Lady" Compton for her letter at a time that I am senceable y 11 were so much taken up w th Company the remembering a friend at soe great a distance at that time was an addition to the favour but I doe asure y r LaP s y u could not have bestowed it upon one who has a truer Value for y 11 than my self, I was very glad to hear by a letter from S r W m that y r LaP 3 inioys y r health & hope y u will long Continue to doe soe, I have bin very ill of my old comyanion the Collick w ch very often returnes upon mee, this place is very dull at present haveing noe Company & y r LaP s knowing something of my temper may sopose mee to be a little spleenatick therefore I will tyer y u noe longer w th this dull scrall but asure y u I am, Dear Madam T r LaP s Obedient Humble Ser* A. Courtenay." [1716], April 8th. Lady Anna Bertie to the same. Addressed " To the Right Honb le Lady Compton next Door to the Dyall in Charles Streat near S* James Squir — London." " Madam, I received the honour of jour L ds P Letter & should have return'd thanks for it before this time had I not been Confined to my bed for above this Week by a feaver wich I am now much better of but I have a great Pain in my head, I wish this Place afor'd[ed] aney thing to make a Letter aney wayes acceptable but all the talke att prasint is of a very od Weding wich has lately happned hear, tho you do not know the Lady I cannot help giveing you an account of, and am Sure did y u know her you must be of my Mind that nothing that weres petticoates need dispair of a husband, She is a boute three score & has nether beauty witte nor good humour to recommend her she is of a make large enough for the Grand Senior. Standing one lucky hour att her HISTORICAL M.VNL>( itll'T- ('( >.MMI>SION\ 235 Window thear past by a* genttellman about tho same age who casting hies eyes upwards beheld tins Queen of Beauty & att this time was taken w th Such a fluttring atl his heart thai he could not rest till be had Broke his mind to her and he Boon found releif, for theay said Matri- mony in a week and hethertoo think themselves they [are the] happyest Couple in the Kings Dominions, God keep them so say I. My Father desiens for London next week hut 1 am a Brad I shall no[t] come w"' him tho' my eheafe Beasness is to pay my duty to y r Lad"!' this Place Grows extreemly plesint, I will not tyer y u aney furder att this time then to assure you I am Madam w th all respet j * i most obliged humble Servient to Comand A. Bertik. I hope this will find my L d & y 1 ' L d3 P in good hclth my sister desier.- her humble service to y r L ds P & wishes you all the joy & happines y u can desier. I should have maid a excuse for the Length of this but that y r L** was so kind to Desier me to use the same fredome, w ch is a Command I very readly obey." [1716 ?], May 8th. Lady Anne Courtenay to the same. Dated at Powderham and unaddressed. I am extreamly obliged to Dear Lady Compton for the favour of her letter & Picture w ch I shall sett a very great value on haveing so true a respect for the originall & S l * W m tells mee he thinks it is very like, I should not have bin soe long w tb out returning my thanks for it but have bin soe very ill w th the Colick in my Stomack & Cramp in all my limbs that for some time I could not hold my pen to write a letter & being soe well acquainted w Ul y r LaP 3 good humore makes mee hope y u will excuse it, I am very glad y u soe well escaped the robers. I think those who stay late at the Park have very great Courage, I think my L d Torrington was very charitable in leaving an Estate to one of soe ancient a Famely & had so little before, my Daughter Nany is very senceable of the Honnor y r LaP 3 does her in remembering her in all y 1 ' Letters & is very often wishing she could wait on y" to thank y u for it her self she begs y r Lai 1! will accept of her Humble service & I fear I have tyerd y u soe will ouely asure y u I am very faithfully Dear Madam, Y* LaP 3 Most Obedient Humble Ser*, A. COURTEXAY. [P.S.] S r W m is y r LaP 3 Most Humble Ser* & wee both Joyne in the same to y r Lord." 1716, June 23rd. To Lord and Lady Compton from the Kev d Walter Horton. Dated in the Cathedral Close of Lichfield. The signature has been cut off. « My Lord, & Lady, My sickness hath prevented me from doing my self the honour to congratulate your thrice happy espousals, but having a little recovered the use of my hand, permit me to wish you all that lasting joy. that sweet consolation, that inviolable friendship that can possibly attend so Honble, so solemn, so sacred an engagement. I cannot but with the highest satisfaction reflect upon the promising Consequences of this blessed union, when I duely consider that both your familys make the brightest figures in our English Annals. The Comptons for a long succession of Age- have been celebrated in other nations as well as in our own, for their gravity & steadiness, for 236 HISTOEICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. their wisdom, prudence, & valour, & our late Gracious Sovereign when she summond your Lordp to the House of Peers discernd in your Person the Illustrious Virtues of your Noble Ancestors, & you rarely qualifyed to assist her in perplext & difficult times. The Ferrers & Shirleys were of old Great Patriots of their Country & your excellent Lady is descended from them both & is as such dis- tinguisd by her Virtues as by her high & truely noble extraction, the humility, & aimable charming Sweetness of her temper will every day- appear most lovely in your Lp sight. That your many many years may glide smoothly on in Peace, that you may be left with a numerous offspring to transmit you illustrious qualifications to Posterity, are the constant dayly Prayers of My Lord & Lady. Your Honours Most devoted very humble Servant." 1716, Sept. 2oth. Hon. Henry Shirley " To The Eight Hon ble Lady Compton att her Seat att Compton in the Hole Northamptonshire." " Dear Niece I am at a Stand how to begin or what to touch upon, so great a Stranger am I to Divertion as you may judge by the Sequel ; when the Compass of 2 Acres confines my greatest Prominade, tho" Boundless my thoughts. Should I tell you I am desperately in Love, 'tis probable tell me it is common, But should I tell you with whom I dare say I may justifie my self, if Phylosophy is no a riddle, & that Beautifull Objects were not made to move the Senses. I have lived since I saw you so much upon Ideas that I am almost JErial, & could wish not almost but altogether, could I but breath[e] that refresh- ment in a Vapour that might be agreeable to Lady Betty Compton. You may think me Bomantick, But were you as sensible as my self of what I can (tho' a Paradox) term nothing but insensibility, I am sure your good nature could not but pity me. I have you know the great task to get over, the perswading some to return to their Eeason who expect that men without their senses should live by their wits, & whats [more] work without their Liberty. I am so much a Heterodox man in the principles of modern Toryism, that I cannot write of Politicks without thinking that some men are Conjurers to compound others when stated rules in one Eeign are reversed in another, all I believe is that I scarce can believe anything that is reported But what I have better grounds for then some imagine. I believe I shall whip up att last to prove my younger Brother not older then myself, which I find to be necessary, & then I will try what Lady Betty will hear from me ; which as it is a thing of the last consequence I think ought to be proved according to law. And then I think to thunder Don Diego a Politicall March who by what I can understand has trim'd his weather cock Conscience to another Point of the Compass. I am very buisy with diverting my self some hours with the Camcenian Muses, & others with my Lord Chief Justice Cook's Crab-stick upon Littleton in the Caracter of Jacobs Modern Justice. I have been so witty since I visited this Mad House that I almost want a new Petticoat my Muses Cloathing is worn so thread bear & so homely that truly its scarce becomes my Modesty to tell the truth were I not a Poet, & much out att the Heels for want of High Church Hereditary Eight. I hope you will not be long before you come to Town 'till when Adieu from y rs Entirely Service to my Lord H. Shirley. And bright Lady Betty &c." HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 237 1716, Sept. :50th. Jane Countess of Northampton to the same. Addressed "To the Bight Hon bla Lady Compton." " Since we was to pari with my Dear Daughter (W ' I do assure you wa3 with great regreet on my Bide), I was mighty glad that you had so fine a day for travaileing ; I hope you found [/ Tamworths family all well, & that you got away from thence in good time, that you might perform y r journey with ease & get into Compton before it was dark. My L d sends you his blessing, & we both desire the same to h' Compton; & to both return thanks for y* kind vissitt. The seeming satisfaction yon showed here, was I do assure you a very real one to me, & I do promise Dear Lady Compton, that as long as she dose give me that encouragement, there is no opert unity I won't improve to give proofls, of my real affection to my Dear Son ; w th would be motive end for my kindness to you, but the addition of y r own meritt engages me dubbly to be Your most affectionate Mother, J. Northampton. [T.S.] All y r B rs & Sis[ters] presents there servises, so doth aunt Whittle." [1716 ?] Lady Barbara Shirley to the same. Undated and un- addressed. " Dear Neece, I believe y u will be glad to know, how my brother's affair goes, theirfore this is to let y" [know] this last monday he went to Staunton, to aske my father's consent ; & also to see w* he would give him in present. He gave him his consent, he told him if he could get her, but did not believe he could, & told him he would give him a mentenance, but would not name w*. When he had dun talking with my brother he went & told my Ly who was very much against it as y u may easly emagen ; but to put the better face on it ; she told him he was very much in the rong to consent to it ; for that he might have 20000/. with him considering the prospect he had of being Heir, & at last so per- ewaded my Ld that he was against ; the w ch my brother being enform'd by those that hard the disput, he got a horseback & came a way without seeing my L d Least he should for bid him, & yesterday he was to acquaint M rs Lister with my Ld answer, the w ch she is so well satisfied with that she has give[n] farder assurances that she will have him, & he has got a Lazance ; and the mesanger that brings this to Northampton is sent for a ring ; so we hope to have it accomplished very soon. Sis[ter] Catherin is now at Staunton but is to go soon in to Chesshir, one may easily believe she has no very pleasent time their now. My brother Cotes is gone to Wood Cote, w*' h place we have reason to think will soon he his for his father declines visable every day. I hope if y" go to Compton we shall see y u herein y r way their, this being a good distance to make y 1 ' dining place. I believe y u will not see my brother & sister Tarn :, for they think it not convenant to lie out, & y u know it, is to fare to com back at night all here are y r servants, & none more so than her that is Y 1 ' affec : Aunt & Servant B. SntBLEv. [P.S.] Pray give our service to Ld and Lady Northampton] & all ihe other Lady, & also to Ld Compton." 1734, May 14th. — Lady Penelope Compton to the Countess of North- ampton, " att Castle Ashby." Dated at Dover Street. . . . . "we have been tonight very much alarm'd with a Fire in Albemarle street .... it happen'd to be of the other side of the 238 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. way next Bond street, so that our house was not iu any danger, but see- ing it so near was very terrible, for it burnt very feirce two houses intirely down before they could get any water, it began I think they say in one M r Cantillions who was quite burnt before it was discovered and they say it was by his reading in Bed but there are so many reports one can't tell what is certain ; it was very near M rs Shirley which in her condition is very bad but they had no great damage and she sends word she is very well to day ; we were a Sunday to see L d Compton at Fulham so that I can now have the pleasure of sending your Lady s P word that he is extreamly well ; S r John Rushout is come to town again we are just going to dine at Bloomsbury and so many of our Friends has been so kind in enquireing after us this morning that I have not time to add any more than to assure dear L d y Northampton that I am L d y Margaret presents Your Lady s P s Affec : Sister & her service to you & Humble Servant we both beg the same to Pen : Compton. my B[rothe]r and all Friends."' 1734, July 14th.— Lady Anne Compton, " To The R* Hon ble the Countess of Northampton at Tamworth." In a child's handwriting. " Madam I hope this will find my Lord & your Ladyship safe and well arrived to Tamworth where I wish with all my heart to be with you. Thank God we are all very well Lady Charlotte desired me to join her humble duty with mine to Dear Pappa & Mamma I humble beg your Ladyship will be so good [as] to give our Services to Lady Betty & M r Compton & pray remember us kindly to Lady Jane. I am Madam y r Ladyships Most Obedient Servant & Dutifull Daughter Anne Compton." 1734, Augt. 17th. Lord Compton to the same " at Castle Ashby in Northampton-Shire — by Ashby [Post-]Bagg." In a child's hand- writing. " Dear Mama I wish your Ladyship a great deal of Joy of your Birthday, wishing you may see a great many of them, I hope you will all be very merry. I will be as merry here as possible. There was a Gentleman came from my [Dowager] Lady Northampton's to day, and says she is better than she has been. Pray give my Duty to my Pappa and my Service to M r Compton, Lady Betty and my sisters. I am, Madam Your most Dutiful son James Compton." 1734, Augt. 19th. — Lady Penelope Compton to the same. Dated at Bracknell and unaddressed. " If I had not been indebted to_ Dear Lady Northampton for an oblige- ing Letter, this Day [being her Birthday] would have claimed a re- membrance I did not doubt but you had a good deal of company, betwixt receiving and returning Visits, I fancy it was great pleasure to the old Lady Chester to have an opportunity of meeting y u for she used to be very hearty and cheerful with her acquaintances ; poor Lady Gore is indeed I doubt in a very bad way for before I left London Lady Gainsbrough &aid she expected to hear of her death HISTORICAL MANISCIUI'TS COMMISSION, 239 every post, it is a great deal of pity, especially nnce you Bay b< much reclaimed that he should be lefl a Widower again >o soon . . . lother day I stw at* Vansittart who said that the last time they heard of her she was much better; she is a neighbour to 11- here about 11 Mile oft", aud was so obligeing to come to see us, ae did also L 1 & L>' Arran and L l, y E. Butler who are about the same distance too, Lady Nassau Paulet is within two Miles so that your Lady i' finds we have some company, but excepting those that we knew before none has come which I am mighty glad of for [we] was not at all desireous of makeing new acquaintances here ; nor of having many Visits, for [we] did not think it worth while to keep on our Horses whilst we were out of town not haveiug much for'em to do T am very sorry for poor M Crofts for she will be a very great loss to the school it was indrcd ;i terrible accident and the most extraordinary too that ever was heard on." 1734, Augt. 24th. Lady Anne liushout to the same. Dated at North wick. '* Dear Madam, — I should have writ by the return of the Person that brought the Venison to have return'd your Lady 8 ? and my Lord a great many thanks for it it was extream good, and this day [I] shall treat S r John Dutton with some of it; the judges dined with us on Wednesday in their way home after finishing their Circuit, Tuesday S r John is obliged to attend the Chusiug of a Mayor at Evesham & Wednesday we go into Buckinghamshire, I shall first go to judge Denton's wdiere after I have stay'd a Week or 10 days shall go to Tring, for about as long a time. M 1 * Sandys comes here to go along with us. I hope we shall have good weather, for [Ave] propose going to see L d Cobham's which I have heard great talk of, I am very sorry to hear of the Misfortune of D r Croft's Sister, I dont know wdiether L a Compton is at Asby this Bartholomew time but whereever [he is] I hope [he is] very well, I beg the favour of my humble service to my B[rothe]r L? Betty & the young Ladys, S r John desires his also. This morning he had a Letter from my B[rothe]r Cha[rle]s at Lisbon, he and his Familly were all very well my two Little Girls are mighty well, Betty at this time at my Elbow it begs her respects, indeed she bestows a great deal of her Com- pany upon me which while I am alone is very acceptable, the small pox is a great deal in the town & tho a good sort yet I take all the Care I can it shou'd not come to us, I heartely wish it over as I do with all your family, it would be great Comfort to you and every thing that woud be so is always most sincerely wished by Dear Lady Northampton Your most Affectionate humble Servant A. Bushout." 1734, Sept. 7th. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Dated at Ful- ham and addressed outside to the Earl of Northampton at Castle Ashby. '• My Lady, — My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health as for M r Crofts family it is still managed by his Sister in Law he intended to have his own Sister Ward but I hear that she has a very bad State of health her death is a great loss to him and to the whole School." No date. The same to the same. Unaddressed. " My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health M r Loundes came here Yesterday to see his Lord'P and found them very well. I have ask d M r Leach who is M 1 ' Crofts head Usher if he would 240 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marqvess go with his Lord 3 P to Oxford, he being a Student of that place .... MS&- but as it will not be till the 14 th of next Month he cant possibly leave — ' the School." .... 1734, Sept. 17th. Elizabeth Rolleston to the same. Dated in London and unaddressed. " Madam, I am overjoyed to hear that your LaPP my Lord & the dear pretty Ladys are in perfect health, I wish you a safe journey to Compton & a Continuance of that happiness there and in all other places. I have follow'd Doctor Colis's directions & I have found I thank God a great benefit by them & (under God) I owe this to your kind procuring his advice for me, May God reward you for this & all the other benefits I have been Constantly receiving from y u ever since I had the honor to be known to you without which (in all humane appearance) I shou'd have been a Miserable Creature, tis time I repeat my acknowledgements in every letter so they are still repetitions but how can a gratefull heart like mine so sensible of my unworthinoss & your great Condescention be able to do otherwise." 1 734, Sept. 28th. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Dated at Castle Ashby. " My Lady, — My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health, His Lord s P presents his Duty to my Lord and to your Lady 8 P and Services to the Ladies. I had just now a letter from M r Rawlins in which he tells me that he has taken a place in next Mondays Coach so proposes to wait upon My Lord on Wednesday Morning for the Coach has done flying. M 1 ' Crofts Sister in Law is this week return" 1 to London, & She that manages the family now is a Cozen of M r Croft her name is Turenne. She is pretty elderly but seems to be a good Manager and very civil to all the Gentlemen, and as for the Table it is kept in the same Manner as usual." 1734, Oct. 8th. The Same to the Same. Dated and addressed as the last. " My Lady, — My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health. His Lord s P keeps free from a cold altho they are pretty much about still. My Lord has drunk but little Malt drink this Summer for it was but seldom to his liking. I mention this because I have not heard M r Croft speak of any wine he had receiv' 1 for My Lords use, but often cals for some of Lord Goring's wine." 1 734, Oct. 9 th . Lady Anne Eushout to the same. Dated at North- wick and unaddressed. . . . . [I] am sure it woud have been one of the most agreeable parts of our ramble if I could have waited on my Brother and You, but our time was much streightned for what we did and besides had the dis- advantage of very bad weather great part of the time, it was particularly unlucky all the time I was in the neighbourhood of Stow, for tho I did go to L d Cobhams Gardens it was impossible to see any more than that it appeared very large & great Variety ; but it seems placed in a very deep dirty Country, when I went to Tring 'twas rather betler weather, but was engaged to dine abroad so many of the few days I stayed there, that I was in some fear least I shoud not get an oppertunity to see the new Obeliskt and Temple which M r Gore has built in his Park since I was last there, which woud have been great pitty they are both so extreamly neat & hansome, I think he cant find much more to do at Tring, in my opinion he might quite have finished for it realy is a very agreeable fine place, the leaving that was great disadvantage to going HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSI 241 directly to poor little Harrow where [the Dowager] Lady Northampton was obliged to scud away part of her own familly to make room for S r John& I for a few days. 1 round her much better then when I left her, that Air I believe very good 8c is a place always agreed with her ; at my return Home I found Betty very well bul poor Nanny has a terrible cough, which I believe contributes to keeping her weak, for Ehe yel makes very little use of her feet." 1734, 0<'t. 12th. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Dated at Fulham, and addressed to the Karl at Castle Ashby. "My Lady, My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health III- LordV presents his Duty to My Lord and to Your Lady >' and Servi( to the Ladies. M 1 ' Humes brought My Lords Crock and Breeches this Morning and the Hatter has also sent a llatt. His Lord 8 ? choose[s] to have it it laced, with an open lace." 1734, Oct. 13th. The same to the same. Address torn off. Dated at Fulham. " My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health. His Lord s P receiv d a visit Yesterday from my Lady Cardigan aud their two Daughters at my House my Lord being there (for it was Holy Day) : My Lords Pocket Money is all spent and his Lord 8 ? desired me to supply bim with more so that I have let his Lord s P have ten Shillings" .... 1734. Oct. 22nd. Lady Elizabeth Compton to the same. Dated in London. 1 heard to-day from Fulham that Lord Compton was pure well. Lady Dow[age]r Northampton has had a little of the Gout Lady Jane [Compton] was in Town and dined with me to day Sir John Dolbcn's son has had the small pox in the most favourable manner . . . • . . . the' Princess of Orange went away yesterday. D r Tessier & the Queen's Nurse is gone over with her, it is generally said that the King of Prussia is dead, but not to be notified till after the Birthday, least it should ccl'pse some of the Finery every body that has been in the Air to- day complains extremely of the sharpness of it, such severe frosts beginning so early is a dismal prospect of a very long Winter, but in the Country you are much less sensible of the badness of it than in town" 1734, Oct. 24th. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Addressed to the Earl >; at Compton Yiniati — Warwick Shire." Dated at Fulham. Lord Compton continues in very good health and sends his Duty. 1734, Oct. 26th. The same to the same. Dated and addressed as the last. Lord Compton continues in very good health and received his Papa's letter last night. The breaking up [at his school] will be about tin. 12th of December. 1734, Oct. 27th. Lady Penelope Compton to the same. Dated al Bracknell and uuaddressed. "we are still very well satisfied with our little Habita- tion, for whenever there is a fine day we make shift to get out of doorr which agrees mighty well with us both, and L v Margarel has not had the least cold .... our near neighbours are most of them going soon to town. L d * Preston is already gone and Mrs. Skipworth goes tomorrow & those we used to see pretty often, and Mrs. Trade intends going in a bout a week." U 24953. Q 24-2 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. -Mar.; L734, Oct. 22nd. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Dated and ad- dressed as his last. The writer reports that Lord Compton continues in very good health and presents his Duty. 17.34, Nov. 2nd. The same to the same. Unaddressed. To the -till at .M'' Trefusis's where ho was gone to make ,m vi-it when he died. Lord Sidney Bfiauclerk has the small Pox, it is hoped in a good Wl but he will have no Physician, bul I) 1 ."Mead who is they Bay in gi concern about it — for it seems if he dies without Children the I) 1 ' is heir to 1000 11 p ann. Lady Salisbury is come up to her youngest son ■who has the small Fox & in a very good way. Lady Harcourt complains loudly that no one Lord of what is call'd the Country side has taken any notice of Lord Harcourt since his coming over, & that all the Court has paid him great Compliments both Lords & Ladys, & the Beautys of Richmond, Albemarle, Harvey, &c. — may she says go a great way to biass a young man who has not an inflexible heart. Lord Carteret is a Relation — L d Litchfield a neigh- bour in the Country both in Town but have not been near him. if Lady Pomfrett sends to me I will do my self the honour to be your representative & perform your Commissions, as I shall any from dear Lady Northampton that is in the power of your most affectionate I beg my humble er and servant service to my Brother E. COMPTOX. & young Ladys." 1734, Nov. 28th. The same to the same. Dated in London and uiaddressed. .... " On Tuesday Evening I had the honour to represent your Ladyship at Pomfrets & [I] -wish you joy of your God-son Thoma- Fermor, he is like all the rest of her Children a very fine lusty one. & bawled most lustily at the time of his Christening, which they say is a .rood Sign .... your Partners were the Duke of S f Albans & Lord Lovell, all by Proxy. The Duke in Town but excused his coming upon of Lord Sidney BeauclaiFs having the small-Pox & Lord Lempster [Leominster] stood for him; the other down in Norfolk, his B["rothe]r the Vice-Chamberlain Coke represented. M r Fermor & M M Fermor e there, no other company, but the other eight Children who wei highly delighted by being all present. Lady Lempster is routined to her chamber by a hurt she had on her Leg by falling down as she was ting into her Coach ; (as you desired I left 10 guineas). Lady Har- court is confined by spraining her foot by falling down as she came out of the Opera-house ; she is not yet able to perform the Ceremonys at Assembly but after Christmas designs to have one. The Dutchess of Dorset is extremely ill again, here in Town ; she looked sadly when she came up. -Tis -aid Lord Scarborough has positively refused to go into Ireland, 8c that the Duke of Devonshire who is now named, doe< decline it. Lord Godolphin's Gold Key (as Groom of the Stole given to Lord Pembroke, he was oflferM a Pension but that he gene- rously rejected. There is sad to do amongst the Ladys at Court, sever;. of them not so much as speaking to each other, unless it is (in plain English) flatly to contradict what each other has -aid The Que* ■ nne yesterday morning out for the first time. I was this morning Q 2 244 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. ivfwN^uLNMi ®* James's She is grown a good deal thinner in the face & paler MBS. than she was, but 1 think she abundantly better for it, & she says she thinks she has got quite rid of all complaints, but the Town says she has got a sore Legg which is very bad, but I dont know whether that is true. Lady Mary Sanderson has been very ill ever since I came to town, & complain'd of great pain in her arm 'tis now feared to be a Cancer. The Dowager (Newport) Lady Tonington is very ill at Bath with a dead Palsie. Lord & Lady Ranelagh don't come up to Town till Xmas. Lord Malton is made an Earl, they talk of some more as Lord Abergavenny (& one or two besides; which if so I think it very hard as he was the first Baron that the Patent for one of the youngest should be passed before his, & eight new Creations are talked on. I never heard them all & some I have forgott. S r W m Strickland, M r Edgecomb, S r Rowland Wynne are some of them. Lord Winchelsea desired I wou'd present his humble service to Lord Northampton, & begged he wou'd be so good as to let him know, if whilst you lived in your house in Grosvenor-street, you ever found any inconveniency by smelling of shores or any complaint that cannot be discovered in going to see a house without living in it. Coll Schutz being going to part with it, Lord "Winchelsea has some thoughts of buying it, but before he enter'd upon a Bargain desired I would ask my Brother this Question and have his answer. Lady Betty Fielding lives with him, to take care of the little Girl, Mr Buncombe's Brother has written a Play & last night was the Poetts night, I was there & I think he had a prodigious full house, especially considering that the Town is not near so full as it will be after Xmas. a Play comes out now with great disadvantage for 'twas sadly acted, otherwise I think 'tis really a good Play, 'tis a very deep Tragedy, the name Junius-Brutus, & the Story the conspiracy of his two sons Titus & Tiberius & their deaths. I sent the Bucks this day se'n-night down to Ashby you see I now neither stand upon ceremony nor brevity, but [am] glad of all opportunity's of assuring [you] my Dear Lady Northampton that I am most sincerely Your Affectionate Sister I beg my most humble service to & humble Servant both the Lords & 3 Lady's. E. Compton." 1734, Dec. 7th. The same to the same. Dated in Golden Square, and unaddressed. " Lady Anne Rushout sends me word her eldest Girl has been very ill, but now so much better she proposes beiug in Town before Ch'istm s . My Lady Dow [age] r Northampton & Lady Jane came on Munday, the last is extremely well as ever I knew her, but my Lady is quite confined to her Chair, [she has] very little or no pain with the Gout now, but her feet & Ancles [are] so swelled and weak she cannot sett them down to the Ground. M r Desbouvrie is dead, [his family] sent a Messenger for S r John Rushout last Satturday, but if he had come away post immediately he wou'd not have found him alive, he has left one Brother who is of Eaton School. Lady Masham died yesterday she had been long ill & in Doctor's hands, 'tis said she had great Riches, [she has] left only [an] Only Son & a Gran-Daughter about 7 year old who always lived with her. Poor Lady Salisbury has been in great Pain for her Son who since the small-Pox has had a bad Feavour, & so weak she much feared his recovery, but is now something better & I hope will do well, for she is vastly fond of him, & he has by every body an extraordinary good character ; poor woman she looks mighty thin, but as M r Cecill recovers so I hope will she too. L a Oxford they HISTORICAL MANUSCBIPTS COMMISSION. 245 say seemed to decline giving them sisters any trouble or law about the Maj dividend of the D[uche]ss of Montagu's Riches but my Lord M >rpeth ' l "Vss. 1 ' NI ' is resolved to give them all the trouble he can po that they are still in susponce he promised the last Term to make his Plea & have it decided, now it is put off till tli<' next [Term]. M r Tryon seems to think he goes on successfully with his j Lawsuit], he is now gone down into Northamptonshire to the estate in dispute. I) 1 ' Kimberley who was in Town a few days is gone down with him. Coll: Bachwell is como up to Town & laid up hand & foot, [he] has had a most Bovere fitt of t he Gout, hut [is] much better in his stomack. I believe I never thought to tell your Ladyship how 1 was (mr day surprized at avisittthal v, made me, it was before 1 had been any where out of doors [and so soon] after my coining to Town, that I did not know who was in or out of Town or who was sick or well enough to come abroad, when in conn- Lord Ferrars ; I own I was a little surprised not knowing he was so well, he behaved very sedately [and] enquired much after your Lady- ship & [your] family. I have seen him since at the Opera & [he] seems mighty well, he does not lie in Town but has his Lodgings still at Kensington. Lord Clarendon ia also very well, & every where about ; your neighbour still at INI" French's S r Jason I remember I heard them speak off when I was at Northwick. I think he is so unhappy in his behaviour no body cares to be much with him, but has S r Harry Parker been baulked in his Amours & gone down again without a Lady ? The Town has given Lord North one, they name Lady Lewishara, but I don't believe it is true, but London news you must take as I can pick it up. I never pretend to vouch for the veracity of it, but to my Iatesi breath will affirm the truth of my being Dear Madam. Your most affection' Sister & Servant, E. COMPTON." 1734, Dec. 12th. George Ballard to . Dated at Campden, and unaddressed. " Rev 1 & Honoured Sir ! Fearing yon would think me unmindful of my promise, I have made bold to trouble you with a Note to inform you that I sent a Letter by the next Post to London for the Drawings ; but as yet have received no answer. I fancy the Gentleman who has 'em, hath made a Tour into Scotland in persuit of Curiosities, (for I hear he designed such a journey) which I imagine is the reason I have received no answer. I shall be highly pleased as soon as I receive the Drawings to pleasure my Lady Countess [Lady Northampton] with a sight of 'em: There being no Noble Family to which 1 owe a greater respect then those of Comp- ton & Shirley. To the former for their great Loyalty & sufferings for K. Charles the first. To the later not only for their steady Loyalty to the same Prince : But for the great affection they have bore to the Study of Antiquities, as S r Tho : Shirley & S 1 ' Won : Ferrers, an ancestor of my Lady Northampton's by the Maternal side ; both which are highly Characterize by Sir W. Dugdale in his Antiquities of Warwickshire. And I am infinitely pleased to find this noble & beloved Study of her ancestors to be lodg'd in her Ladyship. 1 suppose by the many Pedi- grees that have been drawn of those worthy Families already, her Ladyships design is in a Historical way : And believing the Inscriptions on the Monuments in Campden Church maybe useful! in such a per- formance, I have copied 'em cv. sent you ; w !l if you judge proper vou may please convey to her Ladyship. 1 have sent no discriptions cj' the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Monuments believing her Ladyship has seen 'em already w' h is all in great hast, from " etc. 1731, Dee. 19th. Lady Penelope Compton to the Countess of Nortb> .!. Dated in Dover Street. " We came hither on Tuesday and had a very good journey tho' I believe the roads every where this year are as bad as possible. I dare say you found them but very indifferent going to Northwick, you sent me word you was there last Moon, I am sorry to find the youngest Girl continues still so weak in her limbs, for not to be able to go yet I think is a sad thing, and really great pity for it was a very line Child, ihe eldest I hear is got quite well again, and S r John and Lady Anne Rushout] proposes being in town in a few days, my [Dowager] Lady Northampton is still confined with the Gout [so] that I have not seen her yet, but they say she is free from pain and otherwise preety well only very lame, we saw Lady Betty and Lady Jane [Compton] the night we came and they are both very well, I hear the town is but empty but can't tell much of that yet for [I] have seen but few folks v.'. r have not picked up any news, only I find every body seems charmed with Faranelli so that the Opera's are constantly crouded. M r Gore and Lady Mary [Gore] don't come up till after Xtmas and very soon after that we may expect the pleasure of seeing your Lady £ P, for you gave us hopes that } r ou shou'd come a little sooner this year then usual ; Lady Margaret [Compton] desires her humble Service to you and my Brother to whom 1 beg to joyn mine as also to Lord Compton and the Young Ladys and believe me Dear Lady Northampton Your Affectionate Sister & Obedient Humble Servant " [the Signature is torn off.] 1735, April 13th. Earl of Northampton to the same. Dated at Ashby and unaddressed. "Before this reaches my Dearest Life you will have seen D r Cotes, who will tell you how we go on here, & he will tell how our Affairs stand at Tamworth, which I think are in a much better condition than ever, at which I most heartily rejoice, & hope by this warning, your Interest there will never be so hazarded again, & I can assure you our Northamptonshire friends now see, that their Victory here wou'd not have been so compleat had we not succeeded there too. Sir John Dolben & D r Kimberley dined here yesterday, they both congratulate you, & Sir John who had not heard till I told him that you had taken his Son to a Play, & that he entertained you so well, & was much delighted himself, was very thankfull to you for your kindness to his Son, & mightily pleased at the relation, & which he said would be a better Cordial, than what the D r had ordered for his Mother, who is in a bad state of health. I writ by Smith to L d Middleton on friday, his horses not coming for him sooner, & at the same time to Kirkland, A. your letters will come to him the same day. The Town Clerk is a sad fellow : which I suspected. I shall finish all here to be in Town on Friday or Saturday. I thought Lady Cath. had been satisfied about the ;>''. I am confident it is right, & 40 11 being paid to Mr. Web, there is now due to her 10 u , & 20 u will be due to Mr. Web in July, which makes 70 u . M r Davys has a brother , March 1st. Richard Wycherley to the same. Dated al Walton upon. Trenl and unaddressed A carious business letter from a bailiff or land agent. Jt begins and ends as follows : — " May it please y 1 Lady ship M* Kirkland nol coming to Walton for a considerable time after I came from Compton upon Ace' of the waters being oul (\.' : have like to have been the Occasion of Beveral losing their Lives perticularly Abraham Yates & two Gentlemen who were thrown oui of the 1 >« -.-it intf ■ the river the Gentlemen sav' themselves by Swimming & Abraham by a whip which was thrown to him) for which reason 1 only bad opportunity of inquiring abo* Dickinsons house who insisted up Sear My Wife seems to be very easy al present and give a helping hand towards a Livelyh od teaching two or three Girls to sow & 08 & I ]ir> 1 ><- & dont doubt but if we have encouragment from all side- we shall do very well but if the reverse my Wife being a timorous Woman and not us«d to the Frowns of the World will 1 am afraid run upon son for which I should be sincerely sorry having took a good deal of pains hitherto to prevent any such thing. She has sent for her Sister & so far as 1 can understand my Mother's story i ber Sister] has send word She shall come. I think its a very imprudent Action but being poor and unable to do for her as she might expect I am obliged to yield up the Ghost tho sorely aj my Will. If there sho d be anything in this Letter not pleasing to Y 1 ' Lady-hip I hope y r Goodness will excuse me for I do assure Y r Ladyship 1 have no design in me [to offend]. My humble duty Waits upon .My Lord & y r Ladyship- Family." 37], April 12th. Lady Anne Rushout to the same. " Dear Lady Northampton, The Painter who worked for us at Northwich & Mr Gore at Trine-. hi s Name is Wimpew he lives in Axe Yard Westminster his Price with us was 3 shilb a day and no Victuals nor lodging but Mr Gore gave him his price & Victuals too, & now he seems to insist upon that. lie is a very good workman and painted our House very well." 1737, June 9th. Lady Jane Compton to the same. 1 >ated at Bloom- bury Square and unaddr ..." Poore Lady Anne [Rushout] fell into her nsual misfortuni Tuesday .... the little thing was judged to have been a son ; sh< desires me to present her service to you " . . . . Same date. John Marshall to the same. "the Damask scete [settee?] will come by the next returne w th Oriss Lace and other Mettarialls for making a pare of wpndow] Curtains and Vallands." 1737, June 11th. Lady Elizabeth Compton to th . . . . "[I] am not surprize:! thai the Consul [Charles Compton] should be desirous of the next Little- ones being so well answered Eor, and accord- ing to the old saying I heartily wish it might have all the advantage- arising from so accomplished a God-Father's [Lord Compton's] look- ing into the Bason, which would be a great Prospecl of all future happiness both to Father and Son. Poor Lady Anne Rushout is very unfortunate thai notwithstanding all her care and Precaution she could not prevent loseing her little one. but she is now thank God as well as can be expected after it. bui very weak, last Tuesday was an unlucky day for those mishaps, it happening' also to 248 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Lady Carnarvon and Lady Talbot, but those two occasioned by Frights, one by having her Pocket-Picked at the Play-house & the other by Miss Talbot's falling down stairs, whereas Lady Anne had nothing of that nature that she could impute it too. Lady Francys Nassau has owned her being married to Captain Elliott to the very great grief of my Lord Grantham, which is much encreased by his discovering also now that Lady Cowper had a great share in the carrying on of the affair, it makes many People think that these disappointments with the many losses in his Family will incline him to marry again, were the Widdowers as much enclined to do so as the Widows I think there could be no doubt of it. Lady Erwin is this morning married to Coll : Douglass, a Lady happening yesterday to dine in company with M rs Nugent, & hearing Lady Erwin was to be married to day, very unluckily cried out she thought the Devil was in all Widows this year. She was sadly frighted when she found she had said such a Paw- word [«c]." .... 1737, June 21st. John Marshall to the same. About furniture and materials the writer has forwarded. 1737, June 23rd. Peter Smaggett to the same at Castle Ashby. Dated u from the Cabinet in Frith Street Sohoe." About furniture. 1737, July 2nd. Lady Elizabeth Compton to the same. Dated Golden-square and un addressed. . . . . " Lady Erwins match had long been talked on but my Lord Carlisle was so much against it & gave so good reasons for being so, that I believe all her Friends wished it might have been prevented, (& perhaps when it is too late she may wish so too). I don't know whether it is the Gentleman you met at the D[uche]ss of Ancaster's, they say he is a very handsome man, very covetous & very positive & does already find great fault with her laying out too much money upon her House, & in her Dress ; so that unless she has reserved some money in her own Power, 'tis thought she will not get much. She has been presented to the Prince and Princess of Wales & had a favourable reception, more than M rs Townshend had of the King when she went to be so, upon having the place of one of the Dressers to the Princess of Wales, he positively refused seeing of her. Lady Albermalc had a very narrow escape of her Life, after the Review was over, going to get into the Queen's Coach (she being in waiting) the mob threw her down, the Horses being very unruly she very narrowly escaped being run over " 1737, July 5tb. Lady Penelope Compton to the same. Dated in Dover Street. The seal represents a Cupid holding a bow, and its motto is " TOST-OV-TARD." " Lady Margaret and self are very much obliged by my Erothers and your LadysP 8 being so kind to desire it and whatever day next week you please to fix will be ready to obey your summons, and in order thereto shall send our things by the Carrier this week, as we have just now settled it with Lady Betty Lady Anne Rushout is purely recovered S r John and she went yesterday to Harrow, [she is] ordered to drink some waters that are near her there [at Highwood] •which if they agree with her will determine them what time they shall stay there." 1737, July 7th. Lady Elizabeth Compton to the same. Dated in Golden-square. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 2 i9 nw sisters in Doverstreel as well as my self will with great ,„ Mw pleasure set out next .Tuesday For W ooburn ; wherewith your Lady- ifgg, ships Coach we only beg :i chair thai holds two and one saddle-horse, we proposing one of tin- Abigails & one of the Men to go in that, and the other footman on Horseback, & whal we bring from London will then return by n Boy that comes along with M 1 Woods Coach since the small -Pox baa been amongst the Boys al Fulham School 1 am very glad Lord Compton was not gone back Lady Prancys Bland is very happy in her eldest Sons being jusl recover^ oi' the -mall-Pox Lady Mary Tryon came lust night to Town, & proposes setting out to morrow for Northamptonshire. She is grown pritty big. M Sandys is [glad] 1 think that she was not catched upon the Road, for [she] has been every day this fortnight in expectation of her Midwives coming up to Town (she was to have in the coach that returned from her son's burying, but a Lady in the Country happening just then to lye-in stopped her) to have gone the journey down with her, and on Monday last she was brought to Tied, the child was born alive but [is] not likely to live." .... Same date. Peter Smaggett to the same. Unaddressed, and dated " From the Cabinet Warehouse in Frith Street Sohoe." About furniture sent down to Ashby. 1737, July 12. Lady Anne Pushout to the same. Dated at Harrow. .... " I was advised to drink some waters at Highwood-hill which I have constantly done ever since I came here I go out at 7 a clock and am about an Hour and q 1 ' going there every morning they are reckoned of the nature of Tunbridge [water] I was yesterday to make a Visit to M™ Sandys who was brought [to bed] the Night after I came out of town the child lived 2 days, she is as well as can be expected I hear [the Dowager] Lady Northampton & Lady Jane [Compton] are at Scarborough, Sir John Pushout was obliged to leave me on Sunday to go to Evesham where I am affraid he will meet with much trouble; some whom he thought his friends has deceived him 8c turned out the Recorder & made alterations in the Chamber Lord Wilmington came to see me from Chi- wick on Sunday." 17;)7, July 2Gth. The same to the same. Dated at Harrow and unaddressed. "the water 1 drink every Morning gets me a very good Stomach and agrees with me I am now as well in Health as ever 1 was in my life, go out very much in my Chair <$ Coach, but walking these steep hills is a little too much forme. 1 was yesterday to wait on L d Wilmington he has engaged me to come again and dine w th him on Saturday, we propose having this place the 8 Aug: and going to Tring from thence make a short Visit to L a & L- v Jersey before we get to Worcestershire. I shall spend great part of this Summer upon the ramble. 1 hear poor L d Scarborough is extreamly ill «S feared wont recover the Plow he got on his Head from the misfortune of being overturned in his Coach ; L> Salisbury sent to me to day but I think is not fixed at Pushy. I am very sorry for poor M™ Robison she certainly will be a great Loss to her Daughters. 1 am glad M r Stratford has had the good fortune to dispose of his Estate so well, 1 believe lis easier to find Sellers then Buyers especially where the purchase is large, I know several people that have been long endeavouring to dispose of Estates that can't do it." 250 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COM MIS- ION. 1737. Augt. 13th. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same, at Castle Ashbj\ Dated Fulham. " My Lady We are got to this place thank God very safe & well & in good time & His Lord 8 ? is not at all fatigued, we found all here in good health I am with submission " etc. 1737, Augt. loth. M rs M. Tryon to the same. Dated at Bulwick and unaddressed. Proposing a visit and begging to be met at Wellingborough. [1737, Augt. — .] Lord Coinpton to the same. Undated and in a child's handwriting. " Madam, I dont doubt the return of your Ladyships Birthday must give great delight to every one that has the Pleasure and Happiness to be ac- quainted with you, surely then it must give an inexpressible Delight to me and my sisters who are so much obliged to you for your Love and Tenderness towards us ; I assure your Ladyship I most sincerely con- gratulate you of it, anil heartily wish you may see a great many of them in health and Prosperity. We have had some little Rain since we came to Fulham, but I hope there has not been enough about Ashby to hinder you from riding out. We had a very good journey and found the Roads exceeding, but they were very empty there being but very few Tra- vellei's. M r Lee just called here, he said he was going to the Bishop's, but whether he will dine there or not I cannot tell. Pray present my Duty to my Pappa and my Service to my Uncle, Aunts, and Sisters, together [with] my Congratulations to them on your Ladyship's Birth- day. I will now trouble you no longer only beg that you will believe me to be Madam Your most Dutyfull Son John Comptox." 1737, Augt. 16th. Nicholas Guillibeau to same. Addressed to thc- Earl at Castle Ashby and dated at Fulham. " My Lady My Lord Compton is thank God in very good health and goes on in his Studys with Chearfulness. He found his form advanced in Martial and Horace. Mr. Hume brought some paterns & took measure of His Lord s P last Sunday My Wife & I return my Lord and Your Lady s P thanks and are very much obliged for the fine piece of Venison & the Rabets your Lady s P has been pleased to give us. My Lord presents his Duty." Same date. Hannah Bretland to the same. Unaddressed. I had the Pleasure of seeing dear Lord Compton on Saturday who tould mee all the good family was well, winch was a great pleasure to mee at the same time I receved a Side of Venyson and i humbly beg Leve to rc-tourn my good Lord and Lady northampton my most harty thanks ; i was very sory to heir of Lady mary Gore's death." 1737, Augt. 17th. Lady Anne Rushout to the same. Unaddressed. Dated at the Cross Inn, Oxford. . " I am convinced you will compassionate the Surprise I have had by Sir John being taken so ill upon his journey & [will be] glad to hear be is better the suddenness of our loss of [my sister] poor Jj Mary [Gore] make my fears more than I believe the cause required " ...._. Augt, 23rd, 1737. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Addressed to the Earl as before and dated a< Fulham. EISTOBICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 2.*>1 "My Lady, My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health and uses what time he can spare from his Books in walking for I tak< his Lord s P out mosl 1 >a\ a when the weather permits as soon as Scho.pl is over til Supper time which is aboul an Hour." 1737, Augt. 27th. Lady Anne Rushoul to the same. . . . "1 was so uneasy about poor Betty. I could do! write one word, her fever was rerj high drinks no Malt Drink the beer here being newer then what He used to have at Home makes him dislike it so I thought to men- tion this to Your Lady^P because this is about the time your Lady s P used to order some wdne for His LordsP s use. My Lord presents his Duty " etc. 1737, Sept. 9th. Thomas Drake to the same, at Castle Ashby. Dated at Whatcot. After thanks for a present of venison and compliments the writer foes on . ..." what 1 wrote was for the sake of my poor wife's health (V the benefit of my Dear Children; I own Whatcot to be a most accept- able Gift, and beyond my deserts ; A: shall ever endeavour to make my- self serviceable to the Hon Mo family " 17:>7, Sept. 13th. Lady Jane Compton to the same. Dated at Studley. To announce that the Dowager Lady Northampton and herself will start for Ashby on the 19 th and expect to reach there on the 23 rd . Same date. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Addressed to the Earl at Castle Ashby. Dated at Fulham. " My Lady, My Lord Compton has caught a Cold which I hope will prove to he nothing but the Distemper that goes about .... early in the morn- ing I sent for M r Lounds ... he ordered his Lord 8 ? some of Gascoin's Powders every 6 hours " . . . . Same date. Isaac Lowndes to the same. Dated in London. Describing Lord Compton's complaint and his treatment of it. 1737, Sept. loth. The same to the same. Dated in London. Reporting Lord Compton to be better, but not yet well. Same dale. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Addressed to the Karl at Castle Ashl>\ and dated at Fulham. -My Lady.' My Loid Compton is thank God very well recovered." 1737, Sept. 16th. Lady .lane Compton to the same. Dated at Studley. To explain that the Dowager Lady Northampton is prevented settina out for Ashby by an attack of gout. 252 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Same date. Lord Compton to the same, in a child's handwriting. •' Madam I perceive myself now I think quite recovered of my little Indis- position, bleeding at the Nose did me I believe a great deal of good, for it bled a good deal Tuesday night and Wednesday. My Master and I were last Sunday to see my Lady How at Parsons Green who has in- vited me to dine there some day. Colds are so frequent in London that hardly anybody escapes them, which is occasioned chiefly I believe by the uncertainty of the Weather. I suppose you are now a good deal taken up with Company at Ashby, that came to the Races. I hope you had a good deal of Diversion there. Pray give my duty to my Pappa and my Service to all the rest of the Family. I am, Madam, Your Ladships most Dutyfull Son James Compton." 1737, Sept. 22nd. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Addressed as before. . ..." I have writ to Mr. Agutter as your LadjsP commanded me for 3 Doz : of Red Port " . . . . 1737, Sept. 26th. Lady Anne Rushout to the same. Dated at Northwick and unaddressed. .... "Lady Jane [Compton] writ to me how much she was con- cerned at being prevented waiting on you at Ashby .... I expect Lord Coventry and his 3 Sons to dinner (& to stay here) in their way to Oxford & these moonlight nights every day [we have] company. S r Rob* & Lady Cox dine with us to day. M rs Sheldon I believe is gone to Tesmon to M rs Earmer who is near lying in. M 1 ' Skeldon is soon to bring us a new Neighbour the lady's Name is Smith. M r Plowden makes the match, he is employ'd in the same affair for one of his own Daughters to a M r Wright a Gentleman of his own opinion, but M r Plowden is not pleased with it " Same date. Mrs. Charles Compton to the same. Dated at Cintra and unaddressed. "Thank God my little Girls have all got mighty well over the small Pox & will none of them be mark'd, as to my little boy he has not had itlbut is perfectly well, & seems very strong. I have left him at Lisbon thinking him too young for a journey, his sisters are with me among woods & mountains which this place abounds with & rambles about, from morning to night as for [my husband] M r [Charles] Compton he went to Lisbon two days ago & do not expect him here till the Packet sails for England, but Avas truly concerned at the melancholy new>; of poor Lady Mary Gore's Death I cannot help wishing myself with the agreeable company at Castle Ashbey where I have spent my time with great satisfaction, but must have patience & be contented tho' I often think with a mixture of joy & sorrow upon past times, I hope it will be my fate sometime or other to see my friends in England but till that happy hour comes will en- deavour to content my self with thoughts that it is for my Childrens good I shou'd remain here. It was with great regret I left my Quinto & no time can ever make the Town so agreable to me as the Country but Lisbon is very healthy & I believe [has] very good air which makes it supportable. I am much obliged to Lord Compton for the Honour he has done me [in promising to stand God father to my son] & shall obey his orders HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION'. 253 punctually. I wish when ever he has tin- small Pox it may b as Mabq favourable <<> him as it has been to my family, ' 1 I do not wonder at his ' "\^" K>U not returning to School upon that account for il is a distemper with — reason dreaded by every body k greal joy when well over, 1 wish his Godson may prove like him in every respect, for by all accounts he i- a most charming youth, & I hope he is now convinced 1 love his uncle Charles & is reconciled to me upon thai account, which I beg your Ladyship will tell him with my most humble Service. As we have nothing but Rocks to talk to [we] can have no new- to make a Letter tolerable so [I] will trespass uo Longer on your Patience than to beg you will believe me with the greatesl Respect Dear Madam Your Ladyship- Most affec: Sister & Obedient Humble Servant Mart Compton." 1737, Oct. 1st. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. The address torn off'. Dated at Fulham. " My Lady, My Lord Compton continues thank God iu very good health as all the boys at our School likewise do, we have had very wet weather for above this week which made me send last Week for a Matt for his Lord 8 * 8 Chamber to keep it clean to that it may not want washing so often for fear his Lord 8 ? should not take Cold by the rooms not being thoroughly dry. His Lord 8 ? is much more in his Chamber than for- merly a writing his Exercises." 1737, Oct. 2nd. Lady Jane Compton to the same. Dated at Studley. ...''• [I] am directed by [the Dowager] Lady Northampton to pre- sent her humble service to you >.v_ assure your La s P how very sensible she is of your goodness to her, both in regard of your desire to see her at Ashby, and your obliging concern for her being ill ; she is now pritty well again in every respect but lame, [I] can't say she gets any ground as to that, not being able to bear yet the least upon her feet, that I fear she will still be confined here some time longer ; & the weather being now very bad, I doubt [it] will make the Eoads so, for our journey up, which being a very long one gives her a great deal of uneasiness at the thoughts of it ; I am sorry to hear you have had a Cold, & that my Br[other the Earl] has been ill, but by a Letter from Lady Betty today 1 have the satisfaction of hearing he is well again ; they say it is very sickly in most places, & that few Familys escape either in town or Country, not but that this I am in holds very well. I much wonder MD™ Tate shu'd chuse to come to Northampton at so publick a time as the Horse-race--, ] hear a greal deal of her in this Country not much to her advantage, she was at Scarborough when I was there, I believe she is not greatly pleased with me. for realy 1 did not care to renew her acquaintance, she seemed inclined to it by sending to enquire after Lady Northampton & me as soon as ever she came there, we took no sort of notice of it, so that she proceeded no farther, nor did I see any body that seemed desirous to keep Company with her she generally came into the Rooms alone, unless [with] Mr Tate, who some- times came in with her. Lady Northampton joins with me in humble Service to my Lord & the rest of your Family & 1 am with great regard Dear Madam Your Obedient A: Affectionate humble Servant J. COMl'TON." 254 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1737, Oct. 8th. Nicholas Guillibeau to the same. Addressed to the Earl at Castle Ashby and dated at Fulham. -My Lady, My Lord Comptou continues thank God in very good health. His Lord^ 1 is making a Latin Epistle in verse to send to the Consul [Charles Coinpton] by one of his School fellows who is going to Lisbon." 1737, Oct. 11th. The same to the same. Addressed and dated as before. "My Lady, My Lord Compton has got a little running Cold in His Head but is otherwise thank God in very good health. I gave his Lord B P some Hysop water last night and it his Cold is no better to night I'll give him the Powder which Mr Lounds sent some time since." 1737, Oct. 13th. The same to the same. Addressed and dated as before. " My Lady, My Lord Compton continues thank God in very good health all but his Cold which hangs upon him still. I have given his Lord s P a paper of Powders these 2 last Nights which I hope will do him good. His Lord ? P presents his Duty etc." PAPERS RELATING TO THE AMERICAN PLANTATIONS, Etc. Carolina Papers and Letters, 1699-1743. [No date.] Doctor Coxe's Memorial in Relation to Carolana. Un- signed. I0h pp. 1699, Dec. 21st. Copy of the Report of the Board of Trade, to King William II L, on Dr. Cox's Memorial, &c. [6 pp.] Together with an Account of the Commodities of the growth and production of the Pro- vince of Carolina, alias Florida. [4^ pp.] The Report, which is in favour of D 1 ' Cox's claim to the proprietor- ship of Carolina, is signed by the Earl of Stamford, Lord Lexington, Philip Meadows, William Blathwayte, John Pollexfen, Abraham Hill, and George Stepney. [Temp. Will. HI. or Anne.] A description of Carolina. Unsigned and undated. 2^pp. 1719, dan. 29th. Copy of the General Assembly's Answer to the [eight] Queries sent by the Hon b,e the Lords Commissioners of trade and plantations relating to the State of South Carolina. 10 pp. Signed by order of the Commcns House of Assembly, by T. Hepworth (Speaker), Hovenden Walker, Alexander Parris, B. Schenckingh s George Chicken, Samuel Prioleau, and James Moore. Also by Richard Allein, Rich Beresford, Joseph Morton, Thomas Waring Thomas Smith, and Samuel. Eveleigh, [bracketed together as the] Council. 1719, Augt. 10th. Queries from the Lords of Trade about Carolina, with Answers thereto by John Barnwell. 11th query. — "What is the Number of Inhabitants, Whites and Blacks ? " — The Number of white Inhabitants have been lately computed at 9,000 Souls and the Number of Blacks att 12000. 12th query Are the Inhabitants increas'd or decreas'd of late & for what reasons ? — Ans r : Within these last live years the white Inhabi- HI6TOBICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 356 tants have annually decreased by Vlas acres of the Indians, the Flying off maj of great numbers to Places of greater Safety, & the Lords iv prietors re- '"\. fusing Land to new Comers, & the great taxes that were annually raised prevented others to come in. Yett the number of blacks in that time 'have very much increased, for the Fitch &tarr trade prodigiously Encreasing, have made the In- habitant run into buying of blacks to the greal indangering [of] the Province 13th Query. — What is the Number of the Militia ? — Answer. The Number of [white] men From 16 to 60 fears of \.ge are computed att iboui 2000 men [all of whom are bound to serve, and] most of whom being continually employed in the In lian Wans. Alarms, & Expeditions are very expen able men, little inferior to disciplined troops. 21st (and last) Query. — What are the Establishments, Civil & Mili- tary within that Government, and what Officers hold by Patent imme- diately from the Crown ? — Answer : Very uncertain & distracted ; and we know of none besides the Custom-house officers that have any place immediately under the Crown most of whom have Sallarys p d them in Great Brittain. The Lords Proprietors had a Govern 1 ' his Sallary 200''' p ami. A Secretary whose Sallary was 40 u p ann. A Chief Justice whose Sallary was (>0 H p ann. An Attorney- Generall att 40 !i p ann. . <, . £, rall > only Perquisites without Sallarys. 1719-20, Feb. 22nd. " A description of Pansecola in the hands & posses- sion of the French : A Description of Moble, and a Description of Missecippi, in a letter signed by Thomas Smith and addressed to Joseph Boone Esq r , Agent for the Province of Carolina." 2', pp. 1720, May 2.3th. Copy of Memorandum setting out that : — The present proprietors of the provinces of North & South Caro- lina do agree to sell and part with all their Eights Powers & Pro- perties of the s d Province unto John Falconer, David Barclay, and Thomas Hyam, which were granted to them by a Charter or Charters from King Charles the 2 lX for the Consideration of £230,000 etc. ...... 2 pp. Dated at Bedford Row and signed by John Falconer, David Barclay, and Thomas Hyam [the three Quaker purchasers referred to below], and also by James Bertie (for the Duke of Beaufort), Abraham Ashley, J. Dawson, George Gran- ville (for Lord Carteret), J. Colleton, Lord Craven, and Joseph Boone for Joseph Blake. 1720, Sept. 1st. The I EstablishnV of the 100 men main- tained by the Assembly of South Carolina in their three Frontier Garrisons reduced to Ster[ling] money. Written and signed by John Barnwell, one of the three Commissioners paid by the Assembly to superintend these garrisons. 1 page. Note. — The total charge for this Colonial force is £3,214 per ann. 1720? Draft of a letter in tin- handwriting of John Barnwell. Unsigned and unaddressed. •• Where as y 1 ' Lordship directed me to make a Computation of the LaiuU leying between Carolina Settlements and the French, w i ' !i is very diiHcult to doe w tb out an actual Survey. If I knew y 1 ' Lordship's design in requiring it, [it] is probable I rni" J '' taking tins Liberty of troubling your Lordship least by the Dumberlese weighty affairs that take up your Lordship's thoughts this might possibly be postponed. I hope from your Lordship's patronage and the importance it is to hi- Majesty's Bervice thai your Lordship will be -<» good as to forward an instruction to the Liev tenant I lovernor of South Carolina." The enclosure is as follows : — " l rt . Thai there be an instruction to the Lievtenanl <.o\' of South Carolina to recommend to the Assembly to send down two hundred negroes to work for one year upon building a fortress on the Island of S' Simons in Georgia. " 2 a . That the Liev 1 Governor of South Carolina he instructed to publish a Proclamation prohibiting all persons whatsoever from running out any lands to the southward of the River Savannah under pretence ot their lying beyond the River Alatamaha under any pretence whatso- ever. '' 3 d . That the Liev' Governor of South Carolina he instructed to recommend to the Assembly to pass an Act or Acts for contracting with persons of suhstance and ability for settling the townships and to give to such person or persons such parcels of lands "within the Town- ships and within six miles round the same and such other encouragements and authoritys as the said Assembly shall find necessary for the better peopling of the townships. And that the Lievtenant Governor do sign grants pursuant to such Acts or contracts provided always that the contractor or contractors shall be obliged to settle six hundred white men women and children in the township for which they con- trad within six years from the date of the grant and to pay the quit, rents within ten Years after the grant. And in case the contractor or contractors shall not within six years settle the whole number of six hundred then to forfeit so much of the lands contracted for as shall be proportionable to the number deficient. And also to forfeit all such parts or parcels of lands as he shall not pay (put rent for when the said quit rent becomes due. And that the deputy Governor be impowered to assent to such Acts when passed the Assembly." 1736, Sept. 21st. Observations on the Spanish Memorial of this date. 1736, . " The right of the Crown of Great Brittaine to Carolina, explained." 1^ pp. 1736, Dec. 24th. Copy of letter from the Ti'ustees of Georgia to the Duke of Newcastle. Dated at the Georgia Office, Westminster, and signed by Benjamin Martyn, Secretary to the Trustees. Enclosing the two following reports. 1736, July — . "The Chicksaws Indian talk. 1st Audience. 'At Savannah in Georgia. Present James Oglethorpe Esqre [Governor of Georgia] — Andrews and T. Jones Interpreters. " The Chicksaws first produced their Commissions whereby it appeared they had been declared subjects to the King of Urea t Britain l>v the Governors of Carolina and were as such entitled to the help and pro- tection they sought for. "Postubee Chief of the Chic". — We are come a great way to see pou. The sun was very hot and burnt our heads, and we wauled water, yet we would come. We have many enemies ; and beg powder and shot . n 2 260 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. xow I nsh£ S m> " Another Chickesaw Chief, Mingobemingo. — My brother, my chief MSS. your powder and bullets are warriors, they kill their enemies. We walk about very poor ; we want guns. " Chick. Postubee. — We are come a long way to see our elder brothers, the beloved men, the Scotch Warriors, and the black kings (£o the French teach them to call the Clergy). I have seen Charles Town before ; but I now come to see you and like this place exceedingly. " Mingobemingo. — We heard you was a red woman's child ; Tonny Craig, Tomee Wright, Billy Greg and — Kilkenny told me so ; but now I have seen you, I believe you have as white a body as any in Charles Town. They told us many talks but you see we did not. believe them. "Mr Oglethorpe. — I am a red man, an Indian, in my heart, that is I love them ; do they love me the worse for that ? Chick. Postubee. — We believe you are a red man in your heart. We have brought our wives and children to see you too. Mr Oglethorpe. — Is there anything you want to see or to have ? Chicksaws. — We are come, and have seen you. Our horses are at Savannah Town, and for ought we know may be lost. Yet we will not go till two or three days hence, we must first have another talk. Having shown an inclination to see the Light House at Tybee, they were asked whether they chose to go to day ; they doubted whether they should have time, till Mr Oglethorpe proposing it Chickesaw Mingobemingo said : Why then we will go to see the great house and the great water, Nay, if you bid us we will go over it. Mr Oglethorpe. — I wish some of your young men would have gone over with me; for then they might, have had help against their enemies. Chickesaw Mingobemingo. — We are come into our own town, and our own people, and had we not so many enemies, we would stay here till winter. But 1 have an old woman to my wife, and I believe every man would take care of his wife, and therefore I would go as soon as possible. The people of Savannah town said I was going to a French town, and a French man. I told them if they were such, I should die quickly ; that I was an old man, and it was time for me to die. The Creeks, the Chickesaws, Obo hatchee and the White Men all told us so. That we should be tied, and never return, but we have seen you and are satisfied. The great talk is given out, and we have a great many smaller talks. Mr Oglethorpe. — Tomorrow by break of day, I will be with you and hear them. Chickesaw Mingobemingo. — We heard of Georgia in our own Country. They have a great many talks at Savannah town. They told us you were French ; The Abeenche King said so ; but we were resolved to take your talk, and we have taken it. My heart is glad as yours. You shall have the rest of our talk to morrow." 1736, July 13th. [At] Savannah in Georgia. A second audience. Andrews and Tom Jones Interpreters. "Chickesaws. — We are come a great way thro' departs without water in the hot sun. We are glad to see you, and all the beloved men here together. We received a great letter from the jjreat Mico. HISTORICAL MAMX RIPTS COMMISSION. -"1 We come to you our Mico for assistance. We have bad ammunition xcwttshbhb from the French, but have none now. We want powder and mss. bullets. 'Tw:is the English firsl came to our Nation not the French. We can't tell you the names of all our Enimies, there an- BO many of them. Tin' Choctaws, To was saws, Movilles, and Tomos (these nol concerned in the late invasion). The Sungusses, Tomolohaws (commonly called [lonois) Nawtowee. and Wrawtonoo: those with the rest that have jnsl now fallen upon us. Seven hundred men came into our town-; twice, but have not killed us all, lor some you see are alive yet. The French have torts in all of these Nations, and keep them always in readiness to send against us. A long time ago we heard from the great Mico. They promised us white men and arms, aud to send us white men and writings. The people of Carolina promised them to[o], but never sent them. We ask nothing besides powder and bullets, hut you have a heart. Mr Oglethorpe. — Have you any friends? Cbickesaws. — None but what are here. But were we to tell you all our enemies, that paper (pointing to him that took down notes) would not hold them all. The French say your powder makes no noise, your balls drop down as soon as they come out of the guns. Mr Oglethorpe. — As to that, let some of your young men try, and gee whether the powder we give you is good. Take the good and leave the bad. Cbickesaws.— We know it will be good if you give it us. We will not look upon it. The French told us so, but we did not belie\e them. Mr Oglethorpe. — But you had better look upon it, lest it should be damaged by coming over the great water. Chickesaws. — Then we will. Mr Oglethorpe.— This was needful to talk of. If you have anything else say it. Chickesaws. — We are but so big (making a small circle with his lingers). You English are so big (making a larger). But the French are quite round us all (stretching out his arms) ; and kill us like hog- or fowls. Mr Oglethorpe. — Are the Cherikees yonr friends? Cbickesaws.— They and they only. The Creeks are almost our Friends, the Albania? Indians are entirely French. Mr Oglethorpe. — Are the Chocktaws as much your enemies ae ever ? Chickesaws. — No, the Chocktaws came not against us in the late invasion except some straglers. Mr Oglethorpe. — Till I can get you more help can any come to you from the Cherikees ? Chickesaws. — We do not know. They are red people. You know what you can do. Mr Oglethorpe. — Which of the Cherikee towns were most friend y to you ? Chickesaws. — Tannassee and Great Tilliquo were our beloved towns, till the Clicks killed their chief warrior. We are told the French will bring groat guns to us, but we do no believe they can. 262 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Mr Oglethorpe. — They can't bring them, but they ran bring some- thing like them (granados here described). Therefore it is dangerous to keep within pallisadoes. 1 was bred to war, and know these things. 1 will throw one of them before you. In our wars with them we have come so near the French as this room is wide, and yet could not come quite close. Then we threw these things. I have taken them up and thrown them back again. Chickesaws. — But the French tell us you have none of them. Mr Oglethorpe — That you shall see, they are dreadful if a few men -ct into a little place. Then if they are thrown, the men can't help themselves. Chickesaws. — We say the same. Mr Oglethorpe. — 'Twas thus the French caught the Notches in a house, and there they could make no resistance. Keep in the open fields, a good tree these things can't get thro'." 1736-7, Feb. 10th. Governor Gabriel Johnston to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Brompton on Cape Fear River, and iiddressed to the Lord President. "My Lord — I should have paid my respects to your Lordship much sooner, if I had not nattered myself from time to time, that I should be able, along with this to send (in obedience to your Lordship's commands) some account of the Natural History of this part of the world. But besides the many unexpected interruptions I alway met with I have not yet seen the best part of the country, the description of which would give the most pleasure. I have indeed been in most of the inhabited parts of the country, and now write from one of the most pleasantly situated plantations in it, about 100 miles from the sea, and tho' there are inhabitants 70 miles above me, yet all this is reckon'd but the fag end of the Province, and the pleasant scenes begin to open near the mountains, where I design to go next Autumn to view the land (for which I take this opportunity to return your Lordship my most sincere thanks) I have lately gott there, and then I hope to be able to afford your Lordship some entertainment, if you will be so good as to excuse my [not] putting it in a botanick dress, with long sounding Greek and Roman names, Avhich have always thrown me into convulsions. — I am much better qualified, and indeed it is a far more easy task to describe the genius and temper of the inhabitants ; it is only to imagine the lowest scum and rabble of Change Alley transplanted into a a rich and fruitfull country, where with very small labour they can build themselves sorry hutts, and live in a beastly sort of plenty and all the rest of their time devoted to calumny, lying, and the vilest tricking and cheating ; a people into whose heads no human means can beat the notion of a public interest, or persuade to live like men, or even to pursue the most commendable and surest methods of acquiring riches — who are a standing proof that refined fraud and dextrous circumvention are not confined to courts, and the politer societies of men, but may be equally found among the meanest, most rustick and squalid part of the species. Among them a cheat of the first magnitude is treated with all the distinction and regard which is usually paid to men of merit, and conspicuous virtue in other parts of the world. "This is truly, and without any exaggeration, the real character of the generality of people here. There are indeed a few and but a very few men of integrity and candor, by whose assistance I hope we shall be able to people the uninhabited parts of the Province with a better race of men. Before my arrival there was no such thing as recovering BISTOBICAL MANUSCBIPTS COMMISSION. 263 private debts, but for paying the K" in- hi^ rem-, ii never once enter'd Mai into their thoughts. Thej fancyed they had taken sufficient pre- T " w v cautions againsl that, and I believe they will scarce ever forgive me for shewing them that they reckon'd without their host. When I look back I am really amazed how we have been able to carry this and several other important points, considering what small countenance we have had from our superiors in England, and thai there ie do sufficient jail in the whole Province, nor nothing which deserves the name of Militia. " Upon my first beginning to do business here I imagined like mosi young beginners, thai with a little assistance from home, I should be able to make a mighty change in the face ol affairs, but a little experience of the people, and reflection on the situation of things al home has absolutely cur'd me of this mistake. I now confine my care entirely, to do nothing, which upon a fait- hearing (for misrepresenta- tions are unavoidable among such a sett of men) can be reasonably blamed, and Leave the reel to time, and a new sett of inhabitants, tho I wish our biennial law was repeal'd. It would make the getting of a reasonable Assembly vastly more practicable than it is at pretent. "It is a great happiness that Her Majesty is so highly delighted with American silk, tho in that affair as well as in every thing relating to ( ieorgia, the people of England seem to me to be strangely deluded. The balls [cocoons] were purchas'd by the bushel in Charlestown and the only person in America who can wind them of[f] is a Piedmonte>c whom M r Oglethorpe quarreled with soon after, and J have him now on my plantation, and will not easily part with him. I sent a specimen of his performances to M r Macculloh which I believe will equal any thing done in Georgia. 1 made but a small beginning last year, and have now 1400 white mulberry trees, and expect to raise as many thousand against next, year. Besides if no cross accident happen I don't dispair of having 20 acres of vineyard and will soon he able t<» send considerable quantities of wine to England, so that tho 1 should be debarred from doing much good to this province as Gov 1 ', I hope I shall be able to do a great deal as a planter, I thank God I like my present situation extremely well, and shall never forget t how much I owe my happiness to your Lordship. In a little time I shall have all the conveniences and pleasures .about me, which can be had in this climate, and tho' the silk and wine should both miscarry (which 1 reckon from what I have seen to be impossible) I am sure of remitting in a year or two commodities of my own raising to the value of 4 or 500/. yearly home, and to be every year enlarging my remittance-. " Hitherto indeed and even at presehl it is a little hard, for I had all the ground to clear from trees, ami my sallary being paid in bills of currency of this Province, where we cannot as yet purchase any tiling that will bear a reasonable price at home, I have not had it in my power to send over much money, yet I have made a shift t«. make most of my creditors easy except M r Wright, and it is a most chagreening circumstance to me, that I have not been able to satisfh the only person, who could Here your Lordship with his complaint-. the thought of it have often made me almost distracted. I am heartily sorry that the several pregnant oppoSSUms 1 sent Las1 year should have all miscarried, I hope to have better Inch this time. The trees I hope came safe. Against I can gett an opportunity I am laying out for a pair of young buffaloes male and female, they are vastly larger than those of Asia, none of the American quadrupeds approach them in bigness, 264 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. The bunch on their back is reck on' d a great delicacy, I wish my Lord Chief Baron [Sir James Reynolds] had one of them dressed by a French cook, I believe it would relish better than his pottage blanc er the rest of his odious bill of fare. Before I conclude I cannot forbear taking notice to your Lordship of the excessive cold we had here last moneth I never felt any thing so severe in any part of Brittain, the ice was excessively thick in a warm room where there was a good large fire." 1737, April 18th. Daniel Hanmer to Lord Wilmington. Dated in North Carolina, and unaddressed. The writer complains of Governor Johnston's cruelties to him, and prays his Lordship's interest to procure bim the post of Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern District of North America, in the place of George Phenney Esq. who has been dead about four days. 1737, June 2nd. Governor Gabriel Johnston to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Cape Fear, and unaddressed. "My Lord As Mr. Phenney Surveyor General of the Customs for the Southern District of America is lately dead, I had some thoughts of endeavouring to succeed him in that post, and to resign what 1 uoav have, as it is not possible to hold both, but should be much better pleased if I could by any means obtain it for my brother Samuel John- ston who would serve for one half of the sallary which is in all 500/. per aun All business is at a stand here untill we hear fiom the Board of Trade and the Attorney General which I am afraid will not be in haste. These delays are terrible misfortunes to ali concerned in distant administrations. Unless there arrives soon some vigorous declaration from home, or an independent company, it will be impossible to keep things long in any tolerable order here. I am exceedingly happy here as a planter, and have only the consolation of being conscious to my self, that it is no fault of mine that 1 am not equally so as Governor. I beg pardon for detaining your Lordship so lon<* with my affairs. I am with the most profound respect etc. Gab : Johnston." 1739, March 1st. Governor Gabriel Johnston to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Newburn. " My Lord, — I have just now put an end to another Session of Assembly, and it is Avith great pleasure 1 inform your Lordship that they have behaved themselves most dutifully to His Majesty, and with a much greater regard to his governor than I ever expected. Among other good laws past there is one by which a village most con- veniently situated at the meeting of the two great branches of Cape Fear River, is erected into a township by the name of Wilmington. The good navigation, and many other natural advantages of this town will very soon make it the capital of this Province. " I could at present dispose of the 60,000 acres of land your Lord- ship intended for me exceedingly to my advantage, but I have neither gott a deed for that land from M r Muceulloh, nor so much as his obligation which he gave, or ought to have given, to M r W m Sharp to make it over to me. If your Lordship would be so good as only to mention this affair to M r Sharp 1 don't doubt but he would soon bring it to a happy conclusion 1740, April 29th. James Glen, Governor of South Carolina, to Lord Wilmington. Dated in London and unaddressed. " My Lord, — When your Lordship procured for me the Government of Carolina, I made a firm resolution (which nothing shall ever make HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 265 me deparl from) that 1 would never again give you any more trouble "It is near two years since I was appointed, since which time 1 solemnly declare to your Lordship, that 1 am above two thousand pounds our of pocket My living here so long (tho' frugally) has been attended with ^rcat expence, and the rent of a house, taken for me in Carolina at ,€100 sterling per annum has been running on, whare there is slaves, horses &C. eating me up. " I have been obliged to mortgage my estate in Scotland for £1500, and I owe several small sums besides, for some of which my rents then; are now arrested, so thai J shall be ruined past retrieve unless some- thing is speedily done in my favour. "If £1000 per annum, the usual salary, is thought too much. J should be satisfied with 800, or even with sis or live hundred provided I had it from the time of my appointment Mr. Bing [the Hon. Robert Byng, Governor of Barbadoes] had £1500 for equipage money, besides his salary of £2000 from the time of his appointment, So had Lord Hovv[e, Governor of Barbadoes]. Woodes Rogers [Governor of Bahamas] had £1100, Mr. Popple [Governor of Ber- muda] had £o00, so had Col. Hope, Mr. Johnson of South Carolina had near £1000, besides the salary of £1000 from the time of his appoint- ment, and Mr. Horsey immediately after his appointment had above £1300. The words of the King's warrant are, " To enable you to pro- ceed in your voyage to America and to settle you in your Government of S° Carolina." " But I am sensible that difllcultys ami delays may attend these pro- posals, I therefore earnestly pray your Lordship that you would suffer me to apply to His Majesty for some lands free of quit rents as Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Skclton and others have had. My design is not to sell lint to settle them, and 1 am content that there be a clause in the grant making them revert to the Crown if not duely settled with the usual number of white people within a limited time " [No date.] A petition addressed by the same writer " To the Right llono ble S r Robert Walpole Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and the rest of the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury," accompanies the above letter ; the more interesting clauses of which run as follows: — " That the sallary annexed by the Crown to the Government of South Carolina was one thousand pounds per ann besides which the Gover- nour had the profitts of an independent company there amounting to about £600 per ann. and also had two beneficiall offices of Navall Officer and Vendue Master which produced £200 per ann. each, and he had also the licensing of all publick houses which brought in communibus annis £100 per ann. which with the countrey sallary (which was £500 per ann.) and the profitts arising from the fees and perquisites which came to about £.300 a year more, made the whole of the Governour's income amount together to £3,100 per ann., besides £120 per ann. which the Province used to allow tin' Governour for his house rent. "That your Memorialist humbly informs your Lordships there is now a very great alteration made in the prolitts arising from the Govern- ment, for the sallary of £1000 per ann. which was formerly annexed to it is deverted into a different channel] by being taken from the Government of this Province and given to Mr. Oglethorpe [Governor of Georgia] wdio likewise has the imlependaut company. The two offices of Navall Officer and Vendue Master are given to other persons 266 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. by his .Majesty's Rovall Sign Manuall and tlie licensing of publick houses is taken from the Governour and vested in particular persons appointed for that purpose by Act of Assembly. And the Province lias likewise discontinued the £120 per ann. usually allowed the Gover- nour for house rent, so that your inemoralist unless his Majesty shall be graciously pleased to extend his royall favour to him, has nothing left to depend on but the country sallary, which is now re- duced to £300 per ann. which the people have declared they will with- draw if his Majesty shall discontinue a sallary to their Governour, and the profitts ariseing from fees and perquisites which are so greatly lessened that they do not now at most amount to £250 per ann. The truth of which the Secretary of the Province, and severall members of the Councell and Assembly now in England are ready to attest." 1710. Nov. 21st. The humble petition of the Council and Assembly of South Carolina on behalf of the distressed inhabitants of Charles Town in the said Province— To the King's most Excellent Majesty ' ; Sheweth — That on the eighteenth day of this instant November a most dreadful] fire broke out in Charles Town, and in less than four hours notwithstanding all possible endeavours to extinguish it, utterly consumed the best, and most valuable part of the said town, and has left many unhappy families, who by an honest industry applied for many years past had acquired a comfortable subsistance in the world, exposed to the severest want and misery. " That the misfortunes of the unhappy sufferers have been rendred the more grievous in as much as in that part of the town which was destroyed stood the largest and most usefull buildings and the much greater part of the shops stores and warehouses which contained the goods and merchandize which supplied the whole Province, and which by this fatal disaster were wholly consumed. " That the Province at a very considerable expense had lately finished the fortifications in the front' of Charles Town and had mounted the guns which were bestowed on the Province by your Majesty's great goodness and bounty but in this dreadfull calamity the carriages of the guns on the curtain line and some of the bastions which defended the harbour were also destroyed, the guns dismounted and the place where they were planted left in ti rely defenceless. " That your petitioners have caused a diligent inquiry to be made into the immediate losses that have been sustained and by the account already taken according to the nearest estimate that can be made they cannot amount to less than two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, but the unhappy consequences which may attend the whole Province by so considerable a misfortune in a place which was the general repository of all the goods and merchandize and stores for warr and defence, and in which the trade and business of the whole Colony is transacted, time only can discover. " Your petitioners most humbly beg leave further to represent to your most sacred Majesty that such is the melancholy and distressed scitua- tion of this Province that this most severe and terrible event has suc- ceeded the great expence the Province sustain'd in j roviding for the publick defence against, the impending danger of an invasion from the Spaniards in the year 1737 which was soon followM by the small pox which raged in Charles Town during the whole year 1738 and swept off a great number of the inhabitants and by the loss of many more in a malignant fever in the autumn of the year 1739 and after the great charge and increase of heavy taxes occasioned by the unfortunate and HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, 2<»7 unsuccessful! attempt which this Province was prevailed upon to engage in against S 1 Augustine. f* That after such a continued series of misfortunes to a Province which baa [been] ami may be rendred of some use to Great Britain, but who bad not fully recovered, when their late calamities began from the un- happy effects of a bloody Indian warr in the year L7l5>we humbly bope your Majesty in your royal judgment will consider the inhabitants of this Province as hardly capable ;ii their own expense to defend and secure this exposed frontier against the attacks or invasion of pour MajestyPV] enemies in the present warr; or able to give any effectual relief to the unhappy sunerers in Charles Town who have sustained BO vast a loss, DOr can your petitioners flatter themselves with any hopes of supporting themselves under SO many, difficulties without your Majesty's most powerful! and gracious aid. "Tour petitioners therefore most humhly pray your most Bacred .Majesty that you would be graciously pleased to take the unhappy and dangerous circumstances of this Province in general and mor< particularly the case of the unhappy sufferers the inhabitants of Charles Town into your royal consideration and to grant such re- lief as to your Majesty in your great wisdom and according to your accustomed goodness shall think fit. " In the Councill Chamber the 21 st day of November 1740. [Signed by the Clerk of the Council.] "James Kinlocii." "In the Commons House of Assemhly the 21 ?t day of November 1710. By order of the House "Wm, Bull Jun r ., Speaker." 1741. Number of inhabitants in Georgia, by the latest information, exclusive of the Regiment. 3 pp. This is a carefully detailed account which concludes as follows: — "Note, to 9 dune 1741, 1527 had been sent on the Charity, and sin< < then 281 more. In all 1808. Whereof foreign Protestants 839 and British 969. " The whole number of inhabitants at one time in Georgia, the most ever computed were 2000 Souls. "In 1739 there appeared to have gone at -their own expense in all, from the beginning, 260 besides their wives and children. "In the 3 first years, persons at their own expense that went were 167, and sent to the Charity 574, making together 741." [No date.] Petition of Robert Thorpe to the King's Most Excel- lent Majesty : — "Shewing — That the late Lords Proprietors of Carolina, by grant under their common seal bearing date the 25 th day of Oct* 1 726 for certain considerations therein set forth, did give and convey unto Isaac Lownes Ins heirs and assigns one barony or tract of land to contain 12000 acres, subject ro one penny sterling per aim. quit rent, which grant did likewise authorize and require the Surveyor General of the Province of South Carolina, immediately within 2d day- after notice given him thereof, to allot and set out the said tract or barony of land in any place within the said Province ol South Carolina. That the said Isaac Lownes, by deed hearing date the 26 th day of Aug* 1729, for himself his heirs and assigne8, did declare and agree that his name was made use of in the said grant from the holds Proprietors only as trustee to and for the use and behoof of Thomas Lowndes of the 268 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. City of Westminster gentleman, his heirs and assignes, and to and for no other purpose whatsoever. "That the said Isaac Lowndes and Thomas Lowndes in consideration of the sum of 450/. lawful money of Great Britain to the said Thomas Lowndes in hand paid by your petitioner, and also in consideration of the sum of 5s. of like money to the said Isaac Lowndes well and truely paid by your petitioner, did by deeds indented, bearing date the 10 th day of September 1731, grant bargain sell and confirm unto your petitioner his heirs and assignes a tract of land to contain 9000 acres English measure, being part of the said Barony so granted as aforesaid to Isaac Lowndes in trust for the said Thomas Lowndes. " That your petitioner having thus purchased the aforesaid tract of 9000 acres did apply to James S* John Esq 1- your Majesty's Surveyor general of the province of South Carolina to allot and set out the said Barony so granted as aforesaid who readily performed the same, and that your petitioner did thereupon take possession of his part thereof. " That your petitioner nevertheless finding doubts arise concerning the legality of such survey, it being made without a warrant had from your Majesty's Governour, impowering the Surveyor General so to do, and finding also the said Governour deny granting warrants to survey lands claimed under patents or grants from the late Lords Proprietors without knowing your majesty's pleasure concerning such grants. Notwith- standing that in an act passed in the 2 d year of your Majesty's reign (entituled An act for establishing au agreement with 7 of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina for the surrender of their title and interests to that province to his Majesty) there is an exception in these words " Except all such tracts of land tenements and hereditaments as have been at any time before the 1 st day of January 1727 granted or conveyed by or comprized in any grants deeds instruments or con- veyances under the common seal of the said Lords Proprietors either in England or in the Province aforesaid. " He therefore most humbly prays your Majesty That as he is seized of the said tract of land by a title derived from the late Lords Proprietors, and long before the time of their surrender of their respective interests] to your Majesty, and that for the valuable consideration of 450 u lawful money of Great Britain, your Majesty to prevent his being molested in the quiet possession of the same would be graciously pleased to direct the Governour of the province to give him a new grant under the seal of the province subject to the same quit rent, as is specified in his said grant from the said Lords Proprietors. " And your Petitioner as in duty bonnd shall ever pray. " Kobert Thorpe." 1742, June 3rd. Copy of a petition from the Council and Assembly of South Carolina addressed to the King. Signed by John Fenwicke, President of the Council, and Alexander Gordon, Clerk of the Council, and countersigned by William Bull, Junior, Speaker of the Assembly. 3 pp. The petition alleges that the Province is in very great danger from the French troops and prays for speedy reinforcements. 1742, June 15th. "William Bull to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Charlestown, South Carolina. " My Lord. — His Majesty's interest being so nui .h concerned in the present application of the Council and Assembly of South Carolina to his Majesty for assistance to prevent the ill consequences that may HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 269 attend the designs and proceedings of the French, I apprehend it is my mu: w c *•>.■, duty, and therefore 1 beg leave to lay before your Lordship a short view "\|s" hM of the present situation of our affairs with regard to our [ndian allies, the views of the French, and what is apprehended to be the most effectual means of securing Ids Majesty's dominions in these parts. "And first I presume to acquainl your Lordship tral notwithstanding our present flourishing condition by the increase of our inhabitants and trade, and the ships of war ordered by llis -Majesty for t he protection of the same, the safety and welfare ol' this Province depends in a great measure on the friendship of our Indian allies, the mosl numerous of whom are the Cherokees consisting of about 3,000 men, living to the North-west about 300 miles distance from Charlestown. The? are settled at the head of Savana River, and some branches of the Missisippi. The next are the Creek Indians, who live to the South- west about o(K) miles distance from hence consisting of about 1,500 men, and are distinguished by the Upper and Lower Creeks. The Upper Creeks are settled on the branches of the River that falls iuto the Bay of Mexico at the French Settlement called Mobile. When they were at war with us in the year 17 15 they permitted the French to build a ibrt amongst them upon that River near a town called Halbamas. They are now so jealous of the consequences that may attend the Europeans having a possession and forts amongst them, that they have refused us that liberty when proposed for the protection of our traders in case of a Avar with France. The Lower Creeks live on the branches of the Chattahuchee River, which falls into the Bay Apalachec on the west of Florida. As they lie more in the neighbourhood of S 1 Augustine they have frequently visited and received presents from the Government, but in the present war some of them as well as our other Indian allies have been prevailed with to assist us against the Spaniards. The Creek Indians are esteemed the best warriours except the Chickesaws who live near the Missisippi, and do not now exceed 400 men, who withstood the French and their Indians in several attacks. But they are nevertheless much annoyed, and the trade interrupted by their numerous neighbours, the Chacktaw Indians, who are encouraged therein and rewarded by the French. The Catawba Indians consist of about 300 men living to the northward about 200 miles from Charlestown on the Waterce River which is a branch of Santee. They as well as the Cherokees have often been molested by the Senecas or Six Nations living near Albany, but Governor Clarke of New York in his last conference with the six Nations, proposed a peace between them and the Southern Indians in friendship with his Majesty's subjects, which the Catawbasand Cherokees, as soon as I had signified the same to them, came down to Charlestown and agreed to. Thispeace 1 apprehend to be very necessary to prevent the Indians in the British interest from weakening one another, that they may be the better able to withstand the attempts of the French Indians. •• And I take leave further to acquaint your Lordship that the French by their communication from Quebec through the Lakes and Missisippi River down to New Orleans on the Bay of Mexico have gain'd an interest in and influence over many nations of Indians, who have no friendship or intercourse with auy other Europeans, and by that means engage and employ them against the Cherokees and Chickesaws. The French are at peace with and have some influence among the Creeks by their having a fort there. By such frequent enterpri/.es the French ' Indians will be improved in tile art of war, and the French by their assistance in case of war may great ly annoy if not become masters of this or some other [of] his Majesty's frontier Provinces, (which they 270 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. have tor a long time had in view) if proper measures are not taken to prevent that growing evil before it becomes too formidable to be withstood. " Such apprehensions has prevailed with the Council and Assembly of tliis Province [as to cause them] to make an early application to his Majesty for three independent companies, to be garrison'd, under tho immediate direction of the Governor, on the frontiers of this Province to protect and secure the inhabitants in the cultivation of their laiida as well as the trade with the Indians. But it is apprehended further with great submission that these forces can be of considerable service to this Province if they were to joyn and head our Indian allies when any attempt is designed against us by land. For the greatest service the Indians have done has been when they were headed by white men, several instances of which I beg leave to give your Lordship. The Creek Indians in the year 1702 were under great concern when the Spaniards and Apalachee Indians were on their march towards them ; but being animated and headed by the traders then amongst them, they marched out and met those Spaniards and Indians at Flint River, when they fought and got. the victory over them. And in the year following they did not march down into the Apalaches settlement where the Spaniards had several forts or attempts conquest of those Spaniards or Indians till Colonel Moore with fifty horsemen encouraged and led them on in that undertaking, which was attended with so great success that it disabled the Spaniards from giving the least disturbance by land to Carolina during that war. Neither did our Indian allies go to the relief of North Carolina to war against the Tuscarora Indians till they were led on by a number of horsemen sent at the expence of the Government in the year 1711, which they were encouraged to continue till they had subdued those Indians. " I have thus presumed to be long and particular in representing the state of our affairs which is humbly submitted to your Lordship's consideration, and beg leave to recommend to your Lordship's favour and countenance James Abercromby Esquire his Majesty's Attorney general, who attends your Lordship with this, and is employed jointly with Captain William Livingstone in the application to his Majesty from the Government as assistants to M r Fury the Agent for the Province, who are fully impowered to proceed in this solicitation in case of M r Fury's death or absence. I beg leave to lay before your Lordship by the hands of M r Abercromby and Captain Livingstone a copy of the petition of the Council and Assembly of this Province to his Majesty." 1742, Oct. 7th. Copy of a letter from William Jefferis to Harman Verelst. Dated at Bristol. " Here is a vessel arrived from Cape Fear in 7 weeks called the Bumper Sloop by whom I have the Carolina Gazette 26 th July last, copy of which herein I send you and a passenger who left Charles Town about the middle of August, says the Spaniards had left Georgia and taken all the cannon at S 1 Simon's with them. This passenger's name is Watson who liv'd in the Indian country." [The enclosure] from the South Carolina Gazette [of July 26 th 1742]. " Last week the several vessels fitted out by this Government to assist Gen 1 Oglethorpe all sailed one after another in order to join the men of war of S* Simon's Bar; except the Beauford galley, which did not get out till this morning. Those vessels Ave hear have on board above 600 Men and one hundred and forty guns carriages and swivels, which with his Majesty's two 20 gun ships the Rye and Flamborough HIBTOWIOAL \l W'l SCIMI'TS COMMISSION. L'7 i and the Swift and Hawk snows are deemed b force more than sufficient ,*£■£ to deal with the Spaniards on the present occasion. N '^ Those who know the situation oi Frederica (own upon S l Simon's Island (where the General at present stands upon his defence) are under no apprehensions of the Spaniards succeeding before relied conies from hence, for by land, at most, two men only can inarch up a-breast thither from the place called the Camp al the mouth of the harbour which is about the distance of seven miles and is eery con- venient for an ambuscade all the way, in which the Indians and High- landers are of great use and service ; and by water only one vessel at a time can come up to the town, the reach Leading to it being very narrow, about a mile in length and is exposed to I"- raked by an eighteen and two twelve pounders. To which may be added thai the number of effective men now with the General (including the High- landers and Indians) are about 700 as good men as are to be met with any where for their number and they are all in good spirits and have plenty of provision. On Friday last the pilot boat returned here, which was sent to Virginia by the Governor, with the first news of the Spanish Invasion. She left Virginia the 12 th instant and brings an account that ('apt" Dandridge in his Majesty's ship the South Sea Castle of 40 guns, would sail in two days after to the General's relief. He was just returned from a cruize, and having all his men ready on hoard, had nothing to do but to take in some more wood and water. On Saturday last news came thro' private hands that hut at sight only of the Flamborough Swift and Hawk men of war, and the Beaufbrd galley, which appeared off the Bar of S l Simon's the 13* instant, the Spaniards betook themselves to their vessels with the utmost contusion, and left the General again master of the island. As these men of war did not make any stay but returned off this Bar the 15 th and made a report to Capt" Hardy, that they had seen a large Spanish fleet in S l Simon's harbour which having been joined by 16 more missin» must have been 52 sail. The whole coucern now seems to be that the Spaniards will in the mean time have an opportunity of getting out and escaping before our fleet gets thither which is thought impossible otherwise that they should do, because that they have no vessels of force capable of eon- tending with ours. Yesterday morning hi- Honour the Lieutenant Governor, attended by the first troop of Horse Guards, set out for Port Royal and we hear that Colonel Beale has received a Commission from his honour to carry on such works as are further necessary to fortify Charles Town, according to plans approved of in Council." [1742]. Copy of The Memorial [to King George II.] of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, Undated and signed by Benjamin Martyn, Secretary to the Trustees. 2.\ pp. This petition is to the following effect : — That the Memorialists were constituted Trustees for establishing the Colony of Georgia by a Royal Charter, dated June 9 th 17.S2. That the King 'has signified that the Colony should be established for the relief of indigent British people and foreign persecuted Protestants, and for a barrier for the neighbouring provinces, especially South Carolina which had been laid waste with fire and sword by the Indians in 1718. That not- withstanding all difficulties there is now a fair prospect of the Colony being able to subsist itself in a reasonable time. That the supply granted last year in Parliament enabled the Trustees to send over a 272 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. considerable Dumber of German and Swiss Protestants and of High- landers from the North of Scotland who require existence not being able at first to subsist themselves. That the Colony will be dispersed unless kept together by a Civil Government at the publick expense. That the Province, if abandoned may become a prey to the Spaniards or a nest of pirates. " The French are continually making new encroachments. They have advanced their frontier towards Carolina, and have left no means un essayed to gain or destroy the Indians who arc in your Majesty's interest. They have long had in view a settlement on the Eastern Coast of the Continent. They will therefore undoubtedly take the first oppertunity of settling themselves in the Province of Georgia if [it is] deserted. This place besides other advantages would afford them Ports, by which they would carry on an intercourse Avith their settlements in a shorter, safer, and better manner, than they can at present : As the country between their settlements and garrisons on the llivers Mississippi and Moville, and your Majesty's southern provinces, is plain, fiat and open, there is no other barrier except Georgia for South Carolina, but a few nations of Indians, far inferiour in number to those in the French interest ; ]f the French therefore should attempt to settle themselves in the Province of Georgia, when abandoned, there would be no force to withstand them; Tf they should gain a possession of it, they would be able to supply their sugar Colonies with lumber and provisions : for which they now almost Avholly depend on your Majesty's Provinces ; They might at their pleasure obstruct the trade of your Majesty's subjects, and most probably in the end make themselves masters of the neighbouring Provinces." 1742-3, Feb. 1st. Petition to the House of Commons of Alderman William Baker and others, owners of General Oglethorpe's unsatisfied Bills of Exchange drawn for his Majesty's service in America. Pre- sented to the House of Commons at this date. 1743, April 20th. A letter from Harman Verelst to Lord Wil- mington, enclosing a copy of his Petition to the Lords of the Treasury — on behalf of Brigadier General Oglethorpe (General and Commander in Chief in South Carolina and Georgia) — Praying that they will be phased to grant him assistance wherewith to satisfy the Bills of Exchange drawn on him by General Oglethorpe for his Majesty's service. Massachusetts Papers and Letters. 1730-1742. [Circ. 1730. J A Privy Council Memorandum on the question of the Governor's salary. It runs as follows : — [No date.] A Petition of Governor Shute, — praying to be paid his salary, for the time he attended here to prosecute the com plaint against the Assembly of Massachusetts Bay — And likewise praying that a certain salary may be fixed on the Governors of that Province for the future — Having been referred to a Committee of Council — Their 1 ord- ships on the 4th March, 1725-6. Refer the same to Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. 30th March. Lords of Trade reported that they thought the Governor ought to have a salary allowed him by His Majesty and to be paid at HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 273 home untill the people of New England can be induced to make a per- Mi petual! provision for Hi-^ Majesty's Governore. Ami that as to Lis Towns arrears they apprehend the people of New England would never pay them — So submitted to His Majesty. 1726, 21st June. The Lords of the Committee considered the said Report and being of opinion that the Province ought to pay the said Governor's arrears aa likewise settle a. perpetual! salary on hie Majesty's Governors— Referred the same back to the Board of Trade to consider of the most effectual method to oblige the Oonncilla and Assemblys to comply therewith. 1726, 28th July. Board of Trade reported that it roe just and reasonable that the Province should pay the Governor's arrears, and settle a fixed salary of at least 1,000/. sterling $ ann. — And that in order to induce the Assembly to comply therewith it was adviseable for his Majesty to recommend the same in the most strenuous terms under His Royal! Sign Manual to their consideration. 1726, loth and 18th February. The Committee considered the said Report and ordered the Agents "of Massachusetts Bay and New Hamp- shire to attend on the 22 nd of February. 22nd February. The Committee reported a full state of this affair with their opinion that Governor Shute should be instructed to recom- mend in strong terms to the Assemblys the settling a salary on the Governor of 1,000/. sterling at Massachusetts Bay— and 200/. at New Hampshire — that if they refused to comply therewith it might be worthy the consideration of the Legislature in what manner the honour and dignity of His Majesty's Government ought to be supported in these Provinces for the future. 1727, 28th March. This Report was approved and the Secretary of State ordered to prepare a letter for His Majesty's royall signa- ture agreable thereto. "Which was accordingly done and given to Mr. Shute — but he being some time after removed from that Govern- ment did not carry the said letter over. Mr. Burnet succeeding Governor Shute had an article inserted in his instructions containing the substance of the aforesaid letter to Mr. Shute. 1728, 1st February. An Address of the House of Representatives relating to their not complying with the said instruction was presented to His Majesty — And referred to a Committee. Same day. The Committee referred it to the Board of Trade. 1729, 27th March. The Board of Trade made Report that they had heard counsel! for the Governor as also for the Assembly, and were of opinion that Mr. Burnet should be instructed to insist on a salary (.1 1,000/. to be by law settled on him during the whole time of his ( Government. 1729, 22nd April. The Committee considered this Report and heard Mr. Attorney and Sollicitor in support of the instruction and also counsel! against the same — and reported as their opinion that this whole matter should be laid before the Parliament. 1729, 22nd May. The said Report was approved by the Queen in Councill — And the Secretary of State was ordered to receive the pleasure of the Crown thereupon. — A complaint of Wilks and Belcher, Agents for New England, against Governor Burnet was referred by the Duke of Newcastle to the Board of Trade the 3 rd Oct* 1729 who made U 24953. S 274 HISTORICAL MAN! SCRIPTS COMMISSION. ^ U E ^, Report thereupon the 8 th of October. — which being afterwards referred ms>. to a Committee of Couneill — their Lordships did on 1 12 tli Nov. 1729. Examine into the same and make Report thereupon And at the same time proposed that His Majesty would be pleased to suspend his just resentment against the said Province for not having complied with the instructions untill the Board of Trade had transmitted a proposition to the Assembly upon that head and the effect thereof seen. 1729, 2nd Dec. The above Report was approved and the Lords of Trade directed to transmit! their proposall accordingly. — And the order of the 22 d of May last was directed to be suspended till the effect of the said proposall was known. M T Burnet dying before any thing was done herein, and M r Belcher being appointed Governour, an article was inserted in his instructions agreable to this last-mentioned order — And it was thereby directed that in case the Assembly should not comply therewith, that he should immediately come over to Great Britain to give an exact account of all that had passed — unless he should think it for his Majesty's service to send some other person fully instructed therein. [1731 ?] An undated Memorial in behalf of the children of William Burnet, Esq., late Governor of the Massachusets Bav. [Signed by T. Burnet]. Sheweth, — That on his Majesty's Accession to the Throne, M r Burnet was the single instance of a Governor displaced : That he was removed from the Government of New York, worth three thousand pounds sterling a year, and nominated to that of the Massachusets Bay, with repeated assurances, that it should be made as good to him. as the other had been. In his instructions he was ordered to demand of the Province, an annual salary of one thousand pounds sterling, to be settled on him during the time of his Government, and behaved therein so as to deserve the approbation both of the Board of Trade and of the Com- mittee of council, in their several reports to His Majesty, and last of all of Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Guardian of the Realm, in an Order of Council of the 22 d of May 1729. That the House of Representatives continue firm in their refusal to comply with the royal instruction, for the Governour's salary, yet frequently offered to vote him a larger sum than one thousand pounds sterling for a year, and in August 1729, being the second year of his Government, they voted him six thousand pounds of their money, being near two thousand pounds sterling ; at the same time, offering to make the Act for the provision of the Governour and Government, the first Act that should be past in every Assembly. But Mr. Burnet's instructions not warranting him to accept of such a com- promise, he was likewise obliged by them to refuse the several sums thus voted to him. Being thus engaged in the King's service, without any salary from the Province, and none being assigned him from hence, he was con- strained to support the dignity of his post out of his private fortune. So that, what with the charges of his new patents, of his removal and of his necessary expenses, during the two years of his Government, his family are three thousand pounds sterling poorer, than they must have been, had not their father accepted this employment. Upon Mr. Burnet's death, this matter being fully set forth in a Memorial to His Majesty, an Order of Council was made on the 8 th of Mav 1730, in which Governor Belcher was ordered to demand of the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION! 275 Assembly of the Massachusets Bay, in 1 1 i — Maj ime, that they should make good to M* Burnet's children the sum of six thousand pounds voted to their late father in August 1729, or at least such a sum, as should appear due to bim, during the whole time of His Government, ai the rate of one thousand pounds sterling [per annum]. Though this would be far Bhorl of the loss sustained by Mr. Buri family yet the house of Representatives in the Massachusets Bay, ha^ refusM to give them any further sum, than two thousand pounds sterling, which has therefore been rejected by the Governor and Council} as being so much less, than the sum due to them, upon the foot of the Order in Council last mentioned. The several matters are humbly submitted, etc 1732-3, Jan. 5th. Jonathan Belcher, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Boston. " May it please your Lordship . . . . This Province, my Lord, is in a miserable condition for want of the necessary supplies of money to the publick Treasury, where there has not been a shilling for nineteen months past, altho' there is upwards of £40,000 due to the officers and soldiers of the King's forts and garrisons, to the Judges, the Secretary of the Province and other people, nor would the Assembly, who have lately sat ten weeks raise any money agreeable to the charter, and His Majesty's royal orders. But they have, my Lord, taken a very extraordinary step upon His Majesty's royal instructions to me (the 16th and 30th) by addressing his Majesty a third time to withdraw them, and in case His Majesty will not hear them, then their Agent is instructed to apply to the House of Commons As to the 16th instruction which limits or restrains the striking of Credit Bills, I believe any man of thought and substance is highly thankful thai the Assembly are kept from ruining all the estates in the Province by issuing out floods of those pernicious Bills and whereas £'125 of the lawfull money of the Province would purchase 6100 sterling, yet £350 of the vile Bills that have been issued by the Government will not at this day purchase that sum. As to the 30th instruction, my Lord, I think nothing can be plainer than that it exactly quadrates with the Charter, and for His Majesty to give it up or condescend to the House of Representatives examining the public accounts of charge of the Government, I shou'd think it as well for them to appoint their own (iovernour, for, withjgreat submission my Lord, all the struggle in this matter i- lor power. If every .Mint of die Province must be subjected to a House of Representa- tives, the King's Governour will be of very little signification. They that have the controul of the money will certainly have the power And I take the single question on this head to be, whether the King -hall appoint his own Governour, or whether the House of Bepresenta- tives shall be Governour of the Province .... The Assembly here has been sitting upwards [of] nine weeks, and would make no supply of money to the Public Treasury, So I dismist them yesterday, at their own request. — And the Government here is in danger of running into all confusion. — The Kings Forts arc drop; down, the men ready to desert for want of pay, and even- body under great oppression that has money due from the publick 1732-3, Jan. 13th. Governor Belcher to the Board of Trade Dated at Boston. Endorsed " Copy of a Letter from Gov* Belcher t« g 2 276 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Mabquebs Right Honor ble the Lords Comis rs for trade and plantations. Sent by MSS. Capt. I oilers. " My Lords, — Altho' I have wrote you per this convej r ance of the 5 th , 8 th and 12 th instant, yet the ship being detained I think it my duty to say to your Lordships that I have taken all possible care and pains, ever since my arrival to have the long contested boundaries betwixt' the Massachusetts and New Hampshire adjusted agreeable to His Majesty's royal orders to me, but I can see no prospect of its being accomplished and the poor borderers on the lines (if your Lord- ships will allow me so vulgar an expression) live like toads under a harrow, being run into goals on the one side and the other, as often as they please to quarrel ; such is the sad condition of His Majesty's subjects' that live near the lines. They pull down one another's houses, often wound each other, and I fear it will end in bloodshed, unless His Majesty in his great goodness gives some effectual order to have the bounds fixt. "Altho' my Lords, I am a Massachusetts man, yet 1 think this Province alone is culpable on this head ; New Hampshire has all along been frank and ready to pay exact duty and obedience to the King's order, and have manifested a great inclination to peace and good neighbourhood, but in return the Massachusetts Province have thrown unreasonable obstacles in the way of any settlement, and altho' they have for two or three years past been making offers to settle the boundaries with New York and Rhode Island in an open, easy, amicable way, yet when they come to settle with New Hampshire, they will not do so with them ; which seems to me a plain argument that the leading men of the Massachusetts Assembly are conscious to themselves of continual encroachments they are making upon their neighbours of New Hampshire, and so dare not come to a settlement. I say, my Lords, in duty to the King, and from a just care of his subjects of New Hampshire, I think myself obliged to set this matter in the light I now do, nor do I ever expect to see it settled but by a peremptory order from His Majesty appointing Commissioners to do it, and those agreed to by both Assemblies. " 1730-1, February. Joseph Talcott Esqre, Govern 1 ' of Connecticut!', Joseph Jenks Esqre, then Govern 1 " of Rhod[e] Island, and Adolph Phillipse Esqre, Speaker of the Assembly at N. York. — [They] are Gentlemen of good ability and integrity, and altho' the Massachusetts I fear will still decline joyning in] the affair, yet I believe New Hamp- shire from their desire to peace and good order, would rejoyce to see such a direction from the King, and be glad to be at the whole charge, rather than the dispute should still continue : I therefore humbly pray your Lordships so to represent this affair to His Majesty that there may be an end of strife and contention. "And if your Lordships approve of the BiU I now send you for emitting bills of credit on a foundation of gold and silver, and that I may have His Majesty's leave for doing it in the Massachusetts; I pray I may also have the same liberty of doing it in New Hampshire, where they are in great distress for something to pass in lieu of money, and without speedy help it will be almost impossible for that little Province to support any trade." 1732-3, Feb. 26th. Richard Partridge to Lord Wilmington. Dated in London, Water-Lane, Tower Street. " . . . . The Governor [Relcher] has a hard task of it with the people in maintaining the honour and dignity of the Crown and in pur- suing his royal master's instruction, and I really think he has however, HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. L'77 by his conduct manag'd them better than any Govern* before him has done under such difficult circumstances .... I know it will still more envigourate him in the King's service if he could receive aline from some in the Ministry approving his conduct." 1734, June 11th. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Boston. " Much honoured Lord, Since 1 had the honour of wiiting your Lordship last, I have met a new Assembly of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, ami am glad to acquaint your Lordship thai they seem at present one of the best Assemblies that this Province has had since my coming into the Government .... I have now the honour to cover to your Lordship a Hill passed by the House of Representatives, and by His .Majesty's Council the eighl current for £3000 for my support, and am again to pray the favour of your Lordship, that 1 may obtain the royal leave for giving my assent to this Bill . . . ." 1735, An Act [of the Legislature of Massachusetts] for the more effectual detecting and convicting such as cut, fell, or destroy such trees, as are reserved for the use of the lloyal Navy — passed by the Council and rejected by the House of Representatives. The chief provision of this Act was to make the Surveyor General of Woods (Colonel Dunbar) liable in double costs to those persons whom he might unsuccessfully sue for penalties. 173.5-6, Feb. 28. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Boston. • " 1 adjourned the Assembly here to the 17 lh of next month, they have given some incouragement to the manufacture of potash in the Province, and if it can be brought to perfection, it will be of considerable advantage in the commerce betwixt Great Britain and this place. " There is a Bill now lying at the House of Representatives, and which has past his Majesty's Council, for the better preservation of the King's woods, and I shall do all in my power, that it may come into a law, although I am very doubtful about it. " I hope His Majesty's bounty of hemp seed will be here in good season this spring, for incouraging the farmers to go briskly on in raising that Commodity."' 1736, May 24th. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington, Dated at Boston. " 1 have my Lord, been urging the Assemblies here from time to time to pass some law in favour of the royal woods, and am after all now obliged to say in tidelity to His Majesty, that I have no expectation of anything of this nature to be done here. I heartily wish the British Parliament would give a bounty on plantation potash, and an additional one to that on hemp. "There have been, my Lord, within two years past, great discoveries of rock iron ore in a town of this Province call'd Attleborough and some furnaces lately set up; the ore I am told is very rich, and the Iron made from it equal to the best Spanish. u I think a number of guns of 6 to 8 weigh! a piece have been lately cast at some of the iron works in this Province, and the metal and workmanship perhaps equal to any that passes the proof at Woolwich. "So that this Province may in time produce timber, ma~ts. iron, canvas, and rigging sufficient for the whole lloyal Navy, and must con- sequently be more necessary to the Crown of Great Britain, than all 278 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. the Sugar Islands, and the whole North America besides, and >c deserve the greater care and incouragement of the Crown " 1736, Jan. 11th. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington, Dated at Boston. '' The Assembly of this Province is now sitting (and have been for 7 weeks past)- and have done very little for His "Majesty's service and I am afraid of having a great deal of trouble and difficulty with them " 1736, May 26th. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington. Dated at B os ton. " I have ordered my son [Mr Belcher of the Temple] to wait on your Lordship with this, which accompanies a small specimen of candles, the growth of the country from an aromatick shrub we call bayes ; all the curiosity is, that they are not offensive to handle, nor in the smell when extinguish t " 1736. Abstract of the proceedings [in the Privy Council] upon the petitions for settling the boundaries between New Hampshire and Massachusets Bay. 3 pp. 1737, May 13th. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Boston. \n97, 8c rose gradually to he Liev 1 Coll in 1715, and inad- vertently parted with my Commission in 171*, piqued, that a younger officer was putt over me by means of my late Lord Cadogan ; I ■•. . in Parliament in Ireland in Queen Ann's reign, and allways of tin side that distinguished themselves in favour of the Hanover Succession, for which I was taken so much notice of that I was threatened to he broke. In 1726 1 was sent Consul into Spain, andhappen'd to do some service there for which I had the approbation of his late Majesty and present Ministry in many letters, and had the honour to be taken notice of by his present Majesty then prince, upon my return from a long imprisonment at Malaga, being taken in the Mediterranean endeavour- ing to go to Gibraltar on the King's service. I may be so happy as to move your Lordship's compassion upon this narration; my present case my lord is a very uncommon one, I have never been eomplaind of in any station, and I am ruin'd by endeavouring to do a publique service without any private view to myself, it is a pitty a man should be undone without being charged with a crime. " I have no claim or pretence to your Lordship's favour but from your universally] known humanity to the distressed, I humbly sub- mit myself to your consideration," 1738-9, March 7th. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Boston and unaddressed. •' I humbly beg leave of your Lordship to admit my agents M 1 Partridge and M r Belcher to put this into your Lordship's hands; wherein I first of all give your Lordship my humble and sincer< s1 thanks for the constant course of your Lordship's justice and favour to me in the affairs of my Governments ; and in the next place 1 am to beseech your Lordship's attention for a few minutes, while I say, the last ship from England informs me, that M r Thomlinson, agent for tic House of Representatives of New-Hampshire had, under the name of an appeal from the judgment of 11 is Majesty's Commissioners for settling the boundaries between that Province and this, alleg'd a heap of malicious invective- againsl me. and by the copy of it, which 1 have seen, it looks more like a libel upon the Governour, than an appeal in the case mentioned. And 1 am very particularly to thank your Lordship for not suffering it to be proceeded on with respect to any thing that relates to me, 'till I should be regularly serv'd with a copy, and time allow'd me to answer. "The affair, my Lord, of the boundaries betwixt this Province and New-Hampshire is certainly necessary to be decermin'd for the quiet and safety of His Majesty's subjects of both Provinces, yet I would bee, leave to say to your Lordship, that this controversy has been Lit t- rlv manag'd on the side of New-Hampshire with great zeal and warmth by those that openly profess themselves the Governour's enemies, and by M r Thomlinson's bitter invectives, 1 think it's plain, that they rather wanted an opportunity to vent their ill-nature at tin Gov 1 " than to do any good to the Province about the line. 2$i illSTOKICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. " As I know I am speaking in the ears of a wise and impartial judge, I would humbly hope, when your Lordship has consider'd the answer of the Massachusetts Assembly to what M r Thomlinson calls his appeal, and my answer to the complaints of the New-Hampshire Representatives, that your Lordship will intirely acquit me of any partiality in the part I have acted in this affair. "And as to M r Thomlin son's charging me with bribery from the Massachusetts, there never was anything more unjust or unreasonable ; while in obedience to His Majesty's orders I was pressing them to do me justice in making my salary equal to £1,000 Sterling, and they had once and again given m^ something towards it, to call such a grant a bribe could spring from nothing but the dregs of malice, and an attempt to make something out of nothing. I can, my Lord, challenge the worst of my enemies to charge me (and make it good) with the value of sixpence I have taken directly or indirectly for any thing that has had the least relation to my administration, except the public grants of the Assembly. ''• It is, may it please your Lordship, impossible for a gentleman to be at the head of two such Provinces as I am, and not to have enemies, tho' 1 believe the Provinces, to take the people 19 in 20, were never in greater tranquillity than at this day. And what I am most humbly to beg of your Lordship is, that whenever any thing is laid against me as complaint, I may have the liberty of an Englishman, that is to be serv'd with [a] copy, and time given to make answer, and then, my Lord, I shall not be in much pain, for I am determin'd, while I have the honour to serve the King in the station he has plac'd me, to maintain His Majesty's just right and honour, and at [the] same time to be tender of the liberties of his people ; and these things I think very compatible in an English Governour with an English Government." 1739, Oct. 30th. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Boston and unaddressed. " In March and April last I had the honour of addressing your Lordship in a very particular manner respecting some complaints I heard had been presented to Your Lordship at a Committee of his Majesty's Most Hon le Privy Council against my administration in the Government here and at New Hampshire, and these letters M r Partridge, and M r Belcher write me they had the honour to deliver to your Lordship which I hope gave your Lordship some satisfaction as to those complaints. By these last ships I have an account from my Agents at Whitehall, that there had been pre- sented at the Privy Council Office a Memoiial from one M 1 ' Gulston and Tomlinson and two others respecting the state of the Province of New Hampshire which had been referr'd to the Plantation Board — who had return'd their Report upon it without serving me with a copy and time to answer — but that when it came to your Lordship's Board your Lord- ship sent it back again that I might have the justice I insisted upon by my Agents but [which] was deny'd by them— viz* a copy and time to answer and this has indeed been the steady course of your Lordship's justice and candour in any thing that has come before your Lordship in the affairs of my Governments for which I give your Lordship my most humble and hearty thanks and shall ever hold myself under the strictest obligations of gratitude. I find the complainants had (in their low art) left out my name that they might say it was not a complaint against me, altho' the whole drift and design of it was to get my Commission for N[ew] Hampshire superseded and the report of the Lords of Trade tally'd with their designs, and had not your Lordship HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 285 interpos'd and put :i stop i(» the manner of proceeding how severe and extraordinary would It bave been t<> have depriv'd a gentleman of his bread and honour and never to have given him liberty of vindicating himself— I say to have taken his Commission away from him upon the ipse dixit of his enemies which upon a fair hearing might appear to be nothing more than a heap of absurdities and falsehoods and the pure product of malice — and when I am serv'd with [a] copy [ have no doubt to make this Memorial deserve those epithets — and I do most humbly beg of your Lordship that before any thing be past upon this Memorial I may lie serv'd with fa] copy to answer— for it cannot be expected my Agentsai a 1000 leagues distance can so fully answei what may nearly affect my interest and honour as I can— There has b sen my Lord a complaint of this M* Tomlinson against me and my answer to it lain above twelve months at a Privy Council Office which he seems afraid to bring to a hearing and therefore stirrs up Mr Gulston with th< other two to bring on a complaint in this manner — and as it were to shoot me in the dark — But (Jod be prais'd that your Lordship presides at the Council Board with so much justice and honour — I humbly be°- your Lordship's patience while I mention an instance of his present .Majesty's great justice with respect to one Mr Gledhill Governour of Placentia about ten years agoe upon a complaint that was exhibited against him (I think by Lord Vere). A very great person went to the- King to desire that he might be dismist — But the Governor's friends found access to his Majesty and humbly beg'd the Governour might have liberty to answer for himself which the King readily granted. Upon the gentleman's going again to His Majesty to have him put out the King said no sir you told me he was a very good man when I put him in — Yes may it please Your Majesty so he was, but now such and such complaints lye against him — to which the King answer'd they may indeed bear the name of complaints but I shall not dismiss him let him be serv'd with copies and if he cannot clear himself then let him be dismist — but if he can I shall -till continue him as a «-ood servant. He made answer clean! himself and was conlinu'd — I remember when 1 was at Court the King's justice and honour on this head were greatly applauded. "I know myself my Lord, to have made the King's honour and interest with the prosperity of his people so much the rule of my administration at all times that 1 am under no pain or sollicitude about complaints — if I may but have time to answer — and vet may it please your Lordship there will always be grumbletonians in every Government." 1740. Ma} r I ! tli. Governor Belcher to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Boston. " May it please Your Lordship — 1 do in the first place humbly ask pardon for the trouble I am now necessitated to give you upon the late accounts receivd from my friends of the violent pushes of mv enemies to get my Commission for this Government and that of \<\v Hampshire superseded, they have not stuck at lying and forgeries to obtain an opportunity of wreaking their boundless malice upon me, of this the Hon ble Sir Charles Wager can give your Lordship a flagrant instance," " It is now near 10 years since I arrivd here with Hi- Majesty's Com- missions for this and the neighbouring Government in which time I have nut with more difficulties than any of my predecessors tor mv firm adherence to His Majesty's royal instructions and thereby constantly maintaining the honour and prerogative of the Crown and which has made 286 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. iLvBftCEss the Assembly of this Province so strait and stingy in their grants for ^mss. T% rav support that I have been oblig'd every year to spend considerable of my own fortune, to live in some measure equal to the dignity of his Majesty's Commission. lam told that the length of time I have held the Royal Commission has been given for reason why they should now be taken from me ; which with great deference I apprehend can be no reason at all. Nor do 1 believe His Majesty has at any time made that a rule either at home or in his plantations for dismissing his servants. Had I indeed roll'd up a fortune by the favour of the King's Com- missions, the length of time might be alleged with some colour of reason for my having a successour. But I must humbly beg leave to lay before your Lordship, the plain and naked truth of the matter in that respect. At the time I received the honour of His Majesty's Commis- sions I was one of the principal men of trade in this countvey, but at that time I quitted every other way of life and devoted my self to his Majesty's service in the Governments where he had plac'd me and as I observed before have been hitherto a great sufferer in my private fortune, since my coming into the Government, and now to be dismist it without any provision being made for me, would be such a severity as I humbly beg you would let me hope from your goodness may not pass upon me, I have a large family of children and grandchildren and m to take away my bread and theirs would indeed be very shocking. And I can assure your Lordship, let my enemies pretend what they please, the people are so easy that I am satisfied 7 in 8 are desirous of my continuance and a change would make great discontents and give the King's Ministers new troubles where they have had too much already. Let me therefore again earnestly intreat for an interest in your Lordship's favour and compassion at this critical juncture. 1740, August 12th. A letter, extracted from a New England news- paper of this date, dated at Boston. " It is now certainly known that Col. Blakeney brought over more than 30 blank Commissions to be fill'd up by the several Governours of his Majesty's Provinces and Colonies. . . . ". And in this Province the nomination of ten captains was made, and beating orders issued out the 9 ih of July ; and in less than three weeks after we had 7 companies compleated, 6 of which made their appearance in Boston by that time, and by this time it is hoped that the ten companies designed to be raised are near all becoming compleated. " . . . , As these observations afford a convincing proof of a true loyal spirit in the people in the Northern Colonies for the service of his Majesty and their country on this occasion, and of the imporlance of 'em to the British dominions, even in respect of annoy- ing the enemy in the West Indies, I desire you will give 'em a place in your paper." 1740, Oct. 10th. John Graves to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Nut- field in New Hampshire and addressed " To the Right Honourable Lord Wilmington — Lord Precident of his Majestie's most Honour- able Privy Councel at S f James'es Square — London — to the care of the captain by the way of Boston." "My good Lord. — Amidst the general joy that reigns throughout this Province upon the settlement of the boundarys, and the hopes we have of beeing soon made a seperate Government, and thereby delivered from our cruil oppressors, the great the good Lord Precident' s praise is in every mouth, on every tongue, wee at this distance, my Lord, are not unacquainted that it is your Lordship's greatest joy and pleasure HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, 287 to help them to right thai suffer wrong, and to deliver and relieve the oppressed, of which this Province will bee on eternal monument, and I hope will tranamitt the memory of its deliverer down to the latest posterity. But as for me, my [ that when the expedition against Nova Scotia was undertaken Col Nicholson had instructions from her late Majesty dated 18th of March 1709-10 signifying her pleasure that such per- sons in the several Governments on the continent of America who should contribute to the reduction of Port Royal &c. belonging to the enemy shou'd have the preference both with regard to the soile and trade of the country when redue'd to any other of lier Majesty's subjects. This was signify'd to the several Governments by proclamations Bign'd by Col Nicholson, Col" Vetch and by Col° Dudley Govern" of the Maseai husets Bay. Upon this the people readily and cheerfully came in, undertook the expedition and conquered the place. But when Col Nicholson went 296 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. over Govern 1- of Nova Scotia in 1713 he had a letter from her late Majesty in the words following: — " ' "Whereas our good brother the most Christian King, hath at our desire releas'd from imprisonment on board his galleys, such of his subjects as were detained there on account of their professing the Pro- testant Religion ; we being willing to show by some mark of our favour towards his subjects, how kindly we take his compliance therein, have therefore thought fit hereby to signify our will and pleasure to you that you permit, and allow such of them as have any lands or tenements in the places under your Government in Accadie and Newfoundland that have been or are to be yielded to us by virtue of the late Treaty of Peace, and are willing to continue our subjects, to retain, and enjoy their said lands and tenements without any let or molestation, as fully and freely, as other our subjects do or may possess their lands, and estates, or to sell the same, if they shall rather chuse to remove elsewhere. And for so doing this shall be your warrant. And so we bid you farewell. Given at our Court at Kensington, the 23 r .Jamaica as the withdrawing half the forces from thence, without being moved to it by the Legislature of the Island, who your Lordship may be assured will be glad! to save the Subsistence money they pay to the soldiers as soon as their safety will allow them to do it." [1737.] The Case of dames Buchanan of London merchant and others concerned and interested in the ship Scipio, Alexander Mack- pherson master. I fndated. The case relates to the capture and recapture of this ship in Jam. watei 9. 1739, April 22nd. Governor Trelawny to Lord Wilmington. D in Jamaica. " I put off the meeting of the Assembly as long as it was possible : they met on the 13 th of March; they persisted in renewing the former clause to tax the Jews. Having received no farther orders from His Majesty and the former Act which provides for the subsist- ance of His Majesty's Troops being to expire next day, I consulted the Council, who unanimously advised me, for the reasons hereunto annexed, to pass the Bill, in which Bill the country pay of each private soldier is increas'd from six to eight rials per week. I hope your Lordship ■will be of opinion that 1 could not avoid doing to without exposing His Majesty's troops to famine, and the country to disorders which might arise from their mutiny, of which they were formerly guilty upon the like occasion." 1739, Nov. 12th. Governor Trelawny to Lord Wilmington. Dated in Jamaica. " My Lord — Mr. Sharpe acquaints me how much 1 am obliged to your Lordship for my success in the five Councillors I recommended, a point of great consequence to me in the beginning of Administration ; nor am I a little obliged to your Lordship for the great share you had in the order of Council whereby 1 had a discretionary power to pass the Bill wherein the Jews were taxed for the current year. Give me leave to return you my most humble and sincere thanks, and to assure your Lordship of my constant endeavour to deserve the continuance of your protection by- acting zealously and disinterestedly for his Majesty's service. Since it is his Majesty's determination that 1 shall not for the future give my consent to a separate tax on the Jews, I will take care not to disobey his com- mands, tho' I much fear it may embroil me with the Assembly, and binder them from giving the usual subsistence to his Majesty's independent companies. On the 6 th of this instant Samuel Dicker and Rose Fuller Esq™ and Sir Simon Clarke Baronet were sworn into the Council, pursuant to his Majesty's several orders for that purpose. I delayed swearing in Samuel YVhitehorne Esq, upon account of the complaint made against him in the petition and affidavit hereunto annext. I have communicated them to him and had his answer, but wait for the reply of the complainant. As Mr. YVhitehorne was recommended by me I think 1 ought to be ihe more cautious in admitting him into the Council, before be purge- him- self more satisfactorily of this charge, being of opinion that if it is proved, it is of such a nature that by my 67th instruction he ought not to be admitted into any publick trust or employment and especially into this, which is the greatest. Edward Garthwaite Esq 1- the fifth Councillor ordered to be sworn is absent from the Island." P.S. Vice-Admiral Vernon sailed from this place the fifth ins* to attack Porto hello." 302 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1740, May 3rd. An Extract from the Journal of the Council of Jamaica of this date. Signed by Samuel Williams, Secretary and Clerk to the Council. 1\ pp. 1740, May 14th. The Honorable Robert Byng, Governor of Barha- does, to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Pilgrim. 1 page. The writer will transmit to the Board of Trade several Acts which have passed the Legislature and desires his Majesty's leave to appoint Reynold Hooper Esq re to fill up the vacant seat of one of the Councillors. 1740, Sept. 10th. Extract from a Letter from Thomas Penn Esq re to Mr. Paris, dated at Philadelphia. " You will find the scheme for raising men in America had had a very good effect, and I believe about 4600 will be carried, from these Colonys ; and though this Province cannot furnish the number my Lord Monson proposed, yet, the eight companys are a considerable number, and are now compleat. Mr. Freame has turned soldier, and has the com- mand of one. We have eight ships ready for their imbarkation, and they are to go on Board in a few days ; the behaviour of the Governor, [the Lieut. Governor Theophilus Thomas ?], upon this occasion, I cannot help, again, telling you has been such as every man would wish to hear of his best friend, his zeal for the service, and desire to obey his Majesty's commands, has surmounted all the difficultys that have been thrown in his way ; but, I believe, there are not many who could have conducted the affairs in the same manner-, and brought it to a period. He visits all the companys ; sees them perform their exercises, makes speeches to encourage them, and sets before them the great advan- tages that will attend their serving their country, cautions them against desertions, and gives them mony, out of his own pocket, and, in every branch of the business, acts the most disinterested, and generous part that 'tis possible for any man to do ; every gentleman here has endeavoured to do what service they could, and none, but brutes, could avoid it, when they considered the duty they owed their country, and the good example set them by their Governor, who deserves the best Government in the King's gift ; great care has been taken to get the best provisions for the men, at the very lowest rates, the Governor scorning to make one penny to himself ; and, I hope, when they come to the place of rendevous, our batalion will make as good a figure, as any of our neighbours." [Circ. 1740.] The humble petition of John Mason and Samuel Mason of Connecticut gentlemen To the Right Hon ble the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations : Sheweth — That a former petition from your petitioners, in behalf of the Mohegan [or Mohican] Indians, and as trustees for them and their lands, And also another petition proved by two persons' oaths to be signed by no less than 57 of those Indians themselves having been presented to his Majesty and referred to your Lordships, your Lordships were pleased to hear the partys thereon on the 19 th and 20 th of Dec. 1739. in humble hopes that your Lordships will be pleased to advise his Majesty to grant that whole relief your petitioners beg leave to submit the following matters to your Lordships' consideration. 1. That the Indians' clear right to the lands in cmestion, appears incontestably from the solemn judgment unanimously pronounced by Colonel Dudley and the others of Queen Ann's Commissioners in Aug 4 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 303 1705 — which iudgmcut, tho execution thereof remains to be done and is suspended, is not avoided. 2. That it was the people of Connecticut who prayed for t he Com- mission of review of that solemn judgment 3. That the late Commission which issued, was only in lieu and Btead of that which Connecticut themselves had applied for but not taken out. 4. That this late Commission (which was so grossly abused and per- verted by the Rhode Island Commissioners) lias answered no one end, for which it was issued. 5. That the Indians, nor yet your petitioners, have been guilty of any the least misbehaviour therein, whereby to forfeit their undoubted rights 6. That it has been the boast and glory of this Crown to have founded its Empire in America upon equity and the free consent of the natives, but the grievous wrongs and injustice done those natives by particular men and petty commuuities, (and of which the late is a most flagrant instance) casts a stain and blemish upon the English nation, and grievously crys for justice and redress. As well also as deserves the same in point of prudence, least the neighbouring tribes to our Settlements should go off to other nations, which it has always been thought good policy to prevent. 7. That no tribe in America ever shewed so much affection or fidelity, or rendered such signal services to this Crown and its subjects as the Mohegans have done ; it appearing by the said former judgment, that they freely gave the first settlers the greatest part of their lands, and that they also constantly supported and defended them therein, with their blood and with their lives, upon every occasion, in all their warrs, and against every enemy. 8. That the royal faith and honour was, in a most solemn manner pledged and given to this faithful tribe, that they should be preserved in their own reserved lands, as appears in the said former judgment, where Colonel Dudley and the rest of the Queen's Commissioners did in her Majesty's behalf return the Mohegans thanks for their zeal and affection to her Majesty's crown and Government and the interest of this nation, and assured them that her Majesty would be ahcays ready to take care of them and their people, both in protecting of them cV in preserving of their rights and property s. 9. That without a Commission of review, their rights and propertys thus wrongfully invaded must be inevitably lost 10. That what the Crown allows on this occasion does not quite defray the expence here 11. That it will not be at all necessary that these expences should be again repeated but the present desired Commission will be the last, if his Majesty shall be pleased to direct the same to proper Commissioners, and to direct, as was done in the first Commission to Colonel Dudley, and as was also done in the late Commission [for settling the boundaries] between New Hampshire and the Massachusetts] Bay, that an appeal should be [allowed to be] made from the Commissioners determination to his Majesty in Co[ounci]U ; the judgment on which appeal will for ever close and put an end to the matter. 12. That upon the last Commission the Rhode Island Commissioners publiekly avow, (upon their own minutes) that in open defyance of the royal. Commission and the express comands therein contained, they absolutely and repeatedly refused to look upon the former proceedings, which they were comanded to examine and review — to hear the Indians themselves, whom they had summoned and who were present in court 304 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Makqvess and desired to be heard, to hear the trustees for the tribe, who were T( "mIs. EWD a ^ so present and prest to be heard, or to hear their co[unse]ll Mess rs — Shirley and Bollan two gentlemen of character whom at a large ex- pence they had got- to attend the Commissioners, to defend the rights of these poor people. After all which yo r Petitioners humbly hope your Lordships will consider the whole that was done by such Commis- sioners, as a gross abuse and piece of injustice and utter nullity . 13. That it is evident that the pretended release from Ben Uncas would not bear the least opposition or examination, for if it would, the Rhode Island Commissioners would gladly have permitted some one body to have been heard against the same 14. That truth is sometimes so very prevalent that it will break out and shew it seif notwithstanding the utmost endeavours of artful men to hide and cover the same, and which appears in the present case, for that, of the Rhode Island Commissioners' own shewing, Ben Uncas, if ever he was Sachem, was denyed to be such by the tribe long before the time of his pretended rel[ease]. It was comanded that pending the Commission nothing should be so much as attempted to the prejudice of the Indians, and yet, that pretended release was gained, in point of time loner subsequent to that Commission and just when the Commissioners were going to sett — By the Indians repeated deeds of trusts, long since and repeatedly recorded upon the publick records in Connecticut ; by the judgm* of Coll. Dudley and the rest of the Queen's Comm rs in 1705 ; by the publick Laws of Connecticut of 13 th Oct. 1692 &c, In order to pre- vent these Indians from being defrauded, the legal trusts of their reserved lands were vested in your petitioners' aucestors, and no deeds from the Indians were to be good without the express consent of their trusteBS had thereto, which is not pretended to have been had in this case .... " 15. Besides all which, by the last accounts receiv'd from thence your petitioners have undoubted information, that the tribe threaten the said Ben Uncas with death for endeavouring to betray and prejudice their rights, and are full of bitter complaints of the injustice done them, and are restrained by gentle measures used by your petitioners' family, (who have ever been patrons to them for more than a century past) from going off to other nations not in friendship with the English, and even from revenging themselves upon their oppressors, merely from the expectation that upon a representation of their wrongs your petitioners shall obtain justice for them from his Majesty." 1742, May 25th. J. Wimble to Lord Wilmington. Dated at New Providence. " My Lord, — Pardon me in this, knowing your Lordship's sincerity and value that you have for the British subjects, I take this liberty to acquaint your Lordship of my unhappy misfortune of loosing my ship October last past, on a reef lying three leagues west from Atwood's Keys, latitude 23.10 N. one of the Bahama Islands at nine o'clock in the night by the means of the person that had the command of the watch alter'd his course 3 points Easterly from orders which ran me ashore and by good providence sav'd all our lives and in a few days in my boat I got down to Providence which being upwards of 100 leagues from me, purchasing there a sloop from Capt. [Thomas] Frankland, Commander of His Majesties ship the Rose which he had lately taken from the Spaniards. I mann'd her with 40 men and mounted ten carriage guns and ten sweevels. [I] entered then in concer[t]ship with Capt. Davidson of the S 1 Andrew of Rhode Islinds mounting 1(3 carriage guns with 60 men and on the North side of Cuba in the Old Streights of the Bahamas in the latter end of April iiisTiiurcAi, MANUSCRIPTS commission. 305 last we had the good fortune to lake 4 small Spanish schooner[s] tho' mabqubm of little worth, which we sent to Providence in order to be condemn'd " % \i is.' f] and with an account of one of his Majesty* Seventy gun ships being castaway upon the [stands of Tordudaa to leeward of Cape Florida a month before. The Spaniards knowing of this they senl 2 or 3 vessels down with about WO men in order to take them, bul the English nun having got their guns onshore and their Btores, fortifying themselves against ;iny attempt of this nature prevented the Spaniards of their design, killing | of them, and the others return'd to the Havana, upon which the Governor of that place -cut down four vessels more with 8 or 900 men to attack them the second time but what s access thej had I know not, I and ray concert would willingly lia\<- gone down to theii relief hy [?bnt] my pilot and people would not coneent to it. This news I had from the Spanish prisoners with an account of 12 sail Of Spanish Man of War all lying fitted at the Havana bound to Carthagena. In a day or two afterwards we met with a Spanish ship from ('ales to the Havana mounting 30 guns and 2o0 men and passen- gers. I lay under her stern for two howers and my concert not coming up and at last having the misfortune to receive a chain hot from the ship's stem chace guns which took my left arm off, about 5 inches from my liody, not acquainting ray people of this foi BOme time being afraid of discouraging them, loosing a great deal of blood I fell down upon one of the guns and being taken up an. I caiiied down to ray surgeon and lieutenant dropt oil', from the ship's stern & Bpeaking with my concert consulting with him thej thought proper to quit the ship -this being unknown to me 1 was more concern'd lor the loss of this valuable Prize (as she mighl have been if this Accident had not happened to me and ray concert had come up) than I was for the loss of my Arm. If His Majesty would trust me with a 20 gun ship the Spaniards should well pay for it. I have got further Affidavits of the losses I sustain'd in Gov 1 Rogers time, which I hope will give your Lordship full Satisfaction of the truth of the same, if ever I live to get home to England i -hall depend once more upon your Lordship's goodness for payment of the same. His Majesty's Ship the Rose is lately arriv'd here from S° Carolina, which will go out in a few Days upon a Cruize— I am affraid (here being hut few hands upon the Island) I shall be obliged to go to North America to he mann'd or else to return soon for England. 1 have been kindly used here by the Governor in all ray mis- fortunes. Secretarv Rice is also arrived here from North Carolina and gives an Ace' that Gov 1 Johnson was well when he left that Place, hut he has left entirely Cape Fair £ settled at Bdenton. The Spaniards have 7 Sail of Privateers fitted out of the X- Side of Cuba cruizing on the Northern Coasl of America and are daily sending in Prizes to Cape Francoi, a French Port in Ilispauola. We have no Command of our men in a Port, they leave us when they please thai 1 am almost tyerd of Privateering, [f your Lordship will he so good as to procure me a small Ship in the Nevy ,-tation'd here ai New Providence, I would not doubl hut in a short time to behave as such to give full Content to ivy King and Country a- long as the War should hold, God -paring my Life, a line from Your Lordship of this nature directed to New Providence would he very acceptable. .1. Wimble." U 24VI5.-5. U 300 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess [17-12.] An undated Petition from Sir Thomas Robinson, Bar*, to the 1 °"M8S liND Lords of the Treasury (on his appointment by Letters Patent /to be ■ — Governor of Barbadoes), for a warrant for the usual allowance or such sum as His Majesty shall think fit. Enclosed is the following memorandum : — "26 th May 1721. Lord Belhaven receiv'd 1500" for Services performed and to be performed to his Majesty as Governor of Barbadoes. 13 th Sept 1 '. 1722. M r [Henry] Worsley had the same Allowance. 1 July 1731. M 1 ' Chetwynd had the same Allowance. 3 July 1732. Lord Howe had the same Allowance, 29 Oct r 1737. Sir Orlando Bridgeman had the same Allowance. 13 Sept 1 ' 1739. [The Hon.] M r [Robert] Byng had the same Allowance." [1747 ?] Extracts out of a letter from M 1 ' Matthew, Governour of the Leward Islands, to M r Yeamaus dated Antigua March 7"'. CH PP]- The extracts refer to the necessity of putting the Islands into a state of defence. 1754, Sept 9th. A scheme to drive the French out of all the Continent of America. Signed by Thomas Cole. 26\ pp. Letters and Papers relating to the Siege of Quebec. 1758-1759. 1758, Dec. 21st. Lieut.-G-eneral Sir Richard Lyttleton, K.B., to Brigadier General the Hon. George Townshend (afterwards 4 th Viscount Townshend and 1st Marquis Townshend). Dated in Cavendish Square. " My dear George, I beg you will lose no Time, but come to Town directly ; I am not allowed to explain myself by this letter, but you may be sure my Reasons are very cogent. I should not otherwise write in this manner, but it is highly important to you to lose no Time. Your Faithful Friend, Richard Littleton." [P.S.] Lord Orford's Game is not arrived. Dec. 28th, 1758. The same to the same. Dated in Cavendish Square. My dear Brigadier, Lord Legonier was yesterday in the Closet, your affair was mention'd and very Graciously agreed to by His Majesty. I con- gratulate you most sincerely upon the honour this spirited, and magna- nimous acceptance of yours, will do you in the World, as soon as it becomes known ; & upon the Glory you will obtain, and I flatter myself the short Time you will be absent, and the small risque you will probably run, in this Enterprize, will in some degree reconcile good Lady Ferrers to it; I pity her from my Heart, but her Religion, & Philosophy will I hope, enable her to bear up under it; & that she will consider how different her Lot is, from the many widowed wives, who vnoLirnfrom Year to Year the Absence of their Husbands. 1 hope you will let her know that in all this matter, I have had nothing more HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 301 to do than to lend my Hand to the Marshall, & as a Friend zealou for your Glory to applaud with all Mankind a Resolution that you yourself have taken. I am ever, my Dea I , your most Faithful] & Affectionate, l!i< HABD L-.ii;.; , 1759, March ill h. Rev d Robert Leeke to Lady Ferrers. Dated nl l Ireat Snoring, <>} pp. The Postscripl is : — " I am told by those who have been al X. America that tis very pro bable, as the winds have greatly favor'd, thai M 1 Townshend [youv husband] by this time is in Sighl of the County, or uol unlikely to be landed in it." 1759, April 21th. Brigadier Amherst (afterwards Lord Amherst) to Brigadier Townshend. Dated at New York, and addressed to the "Hon 1 ' 1 '' M r Townshend, Brigadier General. "Dear Sir, 1 had the pleasure on the 13 th of this month of receiving your very obliging letter of the 5 1 ' 1 of March ; your kind assurances of friendship to me, of which I have so often had proofs, make me very happy and 1 shall try to prove myself deserving of the continuance of it. I am in great hopes that this Campaign may be attended with such success as will give me an opportunity of meeting you, but J wonl Hatter myself you will remain in this part of the world ; I should he sorry you did any longer than you like. Your assistance in the service where I am would be a great help, and very agreeable I" me, and you may he assured 1 would make it as much so to you as I could. Colonel [the Hon. Roger] Townshend will inform you of every thing that passes here, so (hat I will trouble yon no more al present than that [ shall gladly seize every occasion thai may offer to convince you of the regard and esteem with which I am, Dear Sir, Your most Humble and most Obedient Servant Jeff. Amherst." 1759, June 7th. Colonel the Hon. Roger Townshend to Lady Ferrers. From the " Camp at Fort Edward." " Dear Lady Ferrers. It is with the greatest pleasure that 1 can inform you I received a Letter from [my brother] George a few days ago dated at Ilalliiax Maj the l 1 , the whole Fleet was arrived sale & he was in perfect health : 1 have taken cart 1 to supply him with fresh Provisions of all kinds, & a large quantity of Vegetables & Roots of all kinds, which are very necessary after a long Sea Voyage, he will want nothing while he is up the River [S* Lawrence] that the Continent of America affords & he requires to be sent. Our affairs at present appear very favorable, no accounts as yet of the Enemy having received any Reinforcements, from Old France, & our Fleet under Adm 1 Dmvl is certainly so very high up the River that it is impossible for them to receive any this Year withoul a superior Fleet which if is impossible for them to lit, out. My opinion of" Gen 1 Amherst as an honest good Man, & my attachm 1 to him as a Soldier I thought wou'd never allow me to wish that 1 might serve under any other person in America, but the tye of Brother & Friend united is too powerful & I confess nothing ever gave me more real concern than not being employed on the same Expedition. I shall write to you by every Pacquet, may our Armys all be successful & Canada reduced this rear, George return home in v 2 808 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess safety to receive the praises due to him from his K[in]g & Country ^MSsf in) for his truly noble & spirited behavior in assisting at the Reduction of — ~ Canada, the consequence of this conquesi can be no less than our giving Peace to France on any terms we please. My love to [my nephew] George & your little folks, & believe me nobody can have a more real regard, affection, & Friendship for you & your Familly than your Affectionate Brother & real Friend, R. TOWNSHEXD. P.S. Since I wrote this the L* Governor of New England writes the Army & Fleet were all well at Louisburg, June the 3 d , 8c expected to sail up the River on the 12 th . Adin 1 Durrell has been successful and sent in four Prizes. We have no doubts of success. Our Army crosses the Lake in this month or early the next. The Enemy have got up (lie River a few merch[an]tmen with Provisions & one Frigate before I he adm 1 arrived at his Station, they are of no consequence." 1759, July 11th. Rev d Robert Leeke to the same. Dated at Great Snoring. . . "When 1 took my Leave of him, I desired him to accept from me as the best Present I or any one else could make him, w fvb was a Noble Collection of devotions suited to all Occasions, the Use of this 1 told him would engage Providence on his Side, & provid ,e would he his only Security. He thanked me, and told me he should make use of it, but must let no other officers knoAv, that he had such a book by him. So prophane is the Army, that they think the help of God is of little or no Mom[en]t " 1759, July 20th. Admiral Sir Charles Saunders to Brigadier Towns- hend. Dated on board the ' Stirling Castle ' and unaddressed. " My dear Sir, By General Wolfe's desire I have sent you three Long boats for the Hautbitzers great and small, and the Royal mortars, I shall soon send for Cannon as the General designs to make his Attack above I lie Town. 1 am with the greatest regard Dear Sir Yours Chas. Saunders. [P.S.] I believe it wou'd be best not to let the Enemy see these thing[sj removed." 1759, Sept. 6th. Brigadier Townshend to Lady Ferrers. Dated at " Camp Levi," and unaddressed. My Dearest Charlotte I hope M r Perceval will arrive safe & bring you these two letters from me. The Happiness of writing to you is beyond all I know. My Concern for your sufferings, my affection for you & your Dear little ones, convince me how unfit 1 am for this Sceene, which another Month will thank God give ;i Conclusion to. The Captive Women & Children which I see every Day brought in here, often tell me what I am & who belong to me, but above all, the malencholly News I received the Day before yesterday upon my arrival here from the cursed Cam]) of Mont- morenci of my poor Brother's death has reproved me for not consulting my own nature more, when 1 ask'd von to [let me] return to the Army. It hud then pleaded for you. when you did not plead for yourself .V 1 HISTORICAL MANUSl EUPTS COMMISSION. 309 had ,,,,i beeu now in a Sceene of Ambition, ( onfusion, & Misery ; and you oppresa'd as 1 know you musl be, with Terrours & affliction. I (hue >.i\ poor Lady Tom shend too now starts al every knock at the Door. Let us look up with hopes my Charlotte to tlie Disposer of all things & trust he will in his Mercj & Goodness do all for the best. I have wrote a line to pooi Ladj Tounsheud to comfort her by con- vincing her of my own Health & safety. One month more will pal an End to our Troubles. I never served >o disagreable a Campaign as this. Our unequal Force has reduced our Operations to a Sceene of Skirmishing Cruelty fc Devastation. It is War of the worsl Shape. A Sceene i ought not to be in, for the future believe me my dear Charlotte I will Beek the reverse of it. Gen 1 Wolf's Health is hut very bad. His Generalship in my poor opinion — is not a hit better, this only between as. He never consulted any of us till the latter end of August, so that we have nothing to answer for I hope as to the Success of this Campaign, which from the Disposition the French have made of their Cone must chiefly fall to Gen 1 Amherst & < ii'ii 1 Johnson. God bless you my most Dear Wife, my blessing to my Children, my good George in particular, and thank him for his Letters. 1 have con- stantly thanked Cod for the succes in the lnnoculation, a mofil com- fortable circumstance for yon. M r Barker has been slightly wounded. M r Gay quite recover'd & join'd us. Our Campaign is just over. I shall come back in Ad 1 Saunders's Ship & in two months shall again belong to those I oughl never to have left — Adieu — Your most affect 6 Husband, \< kton. P.S. I shall write to Gen 1 Amherst [and I] should therefore be glad to know our KilPd & Wounded & what it is .supposed the Enemy lust &C." 17.")!). Sept. 17th. Lady Townshend to Lady B'errers. " My dear Lady Ferrers, No situation of my mind or health can ever prevent me from thinking and being anxious for you and your Dear Children. Charles writes by this post to you. I trust in the Almighty God thai he will soon bless us with the safe return of our most Lear George. Your ever AfFe< t, E. Townshend. My best wishes to Lady Elizabeth Compton." Same date. Charles Townshend to the same. Dated at Grosvenor Square. • 312 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. MSB. I should not forgive myself if I omitted writing one post alter knowing you are pleased to hear from us, even when we have nothing new to relate. As yet, the Government have received no further accounts from North America ; hut, as I before observed, delay proves caution in the Siege. & caution in that gives us Security. Let me now desii*e you to conclude whenever you receive an Express that it brings you good news, for otherwise 1 shall be obliged to defer one day sending you any such account if it should not come to me on a Post day, least the Express should alarm you. 1 should not chuse to detain you one minute from the news I know your heart beats for, & yet I should not chuse to frighten you by the sudden manner of its arrival, for which reason I desire you will remember to receive whatsoever express 1 send with confidence & as a Friend. I beg my affectionate Compliments to Lady El[izabeth] Compton. Nobody loves or honors you, or more earnestly wishes your speedy relief from the unhappy anxiety you live in than Dear Lady Ferrers Your affectionate C. Townshend." 17-59, Sept. 18th. The same to the same. " Dear Lady Ferrers, I write again that you may not be alarmed by my Silence, and am happy in the hope of being of the least degree of convenience to you : whose situation claims compassion from every body, and naturally gives me the utmost pain. A ship arrived yesterday from Boston but, having touched at other ports in the voyage, it brings nothing new, yet it is so far agreeable as it confirms the former account I gave you. Yesterday I heard from Lord Townshend, who suffers as we all do, & bears his part in the common calamity. It would be in vain, could I prolong this letter by writing news to you, for to us frivolous things arc painful, and, by attempting it, I should only torture myself without relieving you. Lady Townshend desires you will consider her as writing by this letter, and I add, for your consolation, that she is rather better than she has beeu. My best Compliments attend upon Lady Eliz. Compton." 1759, Sept. 19tl). The same to the same. Dated at the Privy Garden. " My dear Lady Ferrers, As you may possibly read in the Prints that two Ships are arrived in the River from New York, and might be alarmed for that reason if you did not hear from us, I beg leave to assure you that both the American Ships sailed from New York many days after [before ?] the last Packet Boat came away. Nothing new therefore is come by these Ships. Upon reasoning with some persons of rank & intelligence in the administration upon the accounts we have, 1 find it is the general opinion thai (Quebec will fall without any action, as it is now so invested, no provisions can be. carried into it, and the army of the enemy, with the Citadel, will, it is believed, be forced to capitulate or starve. This, I am sure, is a prospect you will be pleased with, and I hope you will every day have fresh reasons to rely upon the speedy and safe return of my Brother. Lady Townshend desires her love : We beg our compliments to Lady Elizabeth Compton. I am your most affectionate Ch. Townshend." 1IIst<>i;i< al MANUSCRIPTS commission. 313 Same date. Lord Northampton i<> the same. Dated al Castle Mar , , , ' I.OWK III Mi Ashl>\. M88. " Dearest Madam I cannot deffer one [natanl thanking your Ladyship for your most obliging Letter; I wi-li it had been possible for us to have had your Company as I think you would not hare been displeased a1 a Cere- mony 1 had bo long wished for, and thai you was in some measure tin leading Instrument to the Performance of it, by your very Seasonable and Lucky Drum; I beg you will not make any apologies for keeping Bettj from us I am vastly glad she can be of Service to you. 1 hope you will soon have no further occasion for her. 1 beg you'll present my love to her. Lady Northampton] desires her verj best & particular Comp* toy 1 Ladyship Dick Bagot .... desires you would give his best love to his Niece Lady Elizabeth & thai Bhe would provide plenty of Colliflower againsl the next time she sees him I will not detain you any longer than to add my love to [your son] George. [P.S.] Ladv Northampton sends her love to her new laughing Sister & hopes that M r V[ine]r will soon make her enter into the Matrimonial State " Same date. The Countess of Cornwallis to the same. Dated at Brome. " My deal' Lady Ferrers. As your Letter was directed to Culford 1 have bul this moment received y r comfortable account of the state of things at Quebec . . . . . I was very sorry for poor Roger, and did apprehend your spirits wou'd at this time be ill suited to receive such a shock .... Roger was very amiable & likely to make a figure in his profession. I am glad to hear the Children are well. My L d , and Molly, desire to joyn with me in assuring you of our best wishes .... Believe me My Dear L d ? Ferrers Affectionately y 18 E. C. 17.")f>, Sept. 20th. GeneralTownsheud to the same. Dated at the " Camp before Quebec," and unaddressed. " My Dearest Life my Dearest Charlotte — We have gained a great Day, the particulars you will read in the publick Gazette. Tho I was not in the warmest part of the action ; yet I had more shot ts near me than in any other action I've seen. It has pleased God to preserve me for my Charlotte & my George & the rest, and to restore me to you whom alone I have found good & grate- ful] to ni". I have never forgot you in any part of the Campaign. The command of an Army is as disagreable as any other. Men are as mean here as in any other profession. I fear I have not time to write to any other friend. My love to them all. 1 am impatient to see you and am my Dearest Life ever your most affectionate & faithfull Serv< ( rEO. TOWNSHBND. [P.S.I My love to Lady Townshend .v. Chariest to M* Vyner & Betty. Desire Mr Vyner to look out for two or three Hunters tor me. Do no! think my Dear Life that any Command tempts me to stay. The Troops will soon go into Garrison & then 1 can setl out with the Admiral. I'm sure my Dear Little one- are well.' 5 l ! HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT* COMMISSION, masqubss 1759, Sept. 22nd. Rev. Robert Leeke to the same. Towshbnd -■ My very Good Lady J?-" We are all here under great Concern for poor Roger Townshend. Every Body laments hirn extremely, as a well dispos'd young Gentleman, a good Soldier, & I really believe a mighty honest, openhcarted Gentleman. Such is the Cruelty of War that il destroys Numbers of our fine youth, I trust In God, that all will go well with our great dear friend before Quebec. I begin to presage it Avill do so, & I begin to think it long to hear the Event of the Siege, it sorely must be over by this time. As I mentioned in my Last, I was vastly pleas'd with Lady Betty's new hon 1 '. I do not know any one more deserving of it, & I hope e're long to wish her Joy again of a more Substantial Blessing, I mean a good husband, I think she deserves all that this world can do for her. Now I am congratulating give me Leave, My Lady, to congratulate y 1 ' Noble family on my L ds Marriage into one of the Beaufort family — I think my L d hath chosen the very best family in England to be ally'dto 6 from such an happy Union, of the Northampton with the Beaufort family, I foresee every thing will come that is great & good. There is so much dignity, & worth in each family, that every lion 1 ", & every dignity of this life will unite in this happy Pair, & I dare say the Blessing of God will go along with the whole " 1759, Sept. 29th. Lady Townshend to the same. " Dear Lady Ferrers, I can say nothing at present in the least favourable in respect to my health therefore will avoid dwelling upon so uncomfortable a subject. Mr Charles Townshend set out on thursday Night for Adderbury ; he entreated Lady D[alkeit]h to be in town herself or to consent to his staying here with me* to wait for M 1 ' Townshend's Arrival ; but she would not hear of his proposal persisting still that she should not be in London for an hour or at Sudbrook nor should he remain here from Adderbury even till ftyday Morning, by this fatality for I can call it by no other name I am now deprived of the Comfort and support of his Assistance and Company who never left me till twelve o'clock at night. The North East Wind continues and is directly contrary for having any News from Quebec when it changes I some times think of seting out for Portsmouth ; here I shall not remain. My best wishes and Compliments attend Lady Elizabeth Compton. My affectionate Love to the children. E. Townshend." 1759, Sept. 29th. George Buckton to the same. From Tamworth. A business letter. It is addressed " To the IIon ble Gen 1 Townshend — Tunbridge Wells," but it commences with " My Lady " and concludes with "I am your Ladyship's etc." 1759, Sept — . Charles Townshend to the sama%Da,ted at the Privy Garden, "Thursday." " Dear Lady Ferrers, I am desired by Lady Dalkeith to inform your Ladyship that she never received any letter from you by M 1 ' Sykes,andshe is very much con- cerns! in think (here can, from any cause, have been the least appearance of neglect in her. She has made a very particular encpiiry, & is assured neither of our Servants ever received the letter from M r Sykes. I have tin satisfaction to assure your Ladyshipthat a ship has arrived here from Boston with an account from Quebec, dated as far as the 13 th historical MANTscmrTS commission?. of July ; from which we learn tli.it the navigation of tlic River was Found very good ; tbat M 1 \\'olf'[c) had taken a safe Camp on the South ' Side of the river S 1 Laurent; that the landing had been made withouj — loss, that the Town was open to our artillery & our Camp covered from the enemy's ; that the French fore ivere behind the Town of Quebec, that M* Wolf [e] could wait without annoyance for M* Amherst j that the French force is very small, & that the Seige may poseibbj be carried without any act ion, certainly without any greal resistance. This accounl is believed in by the Ministry, and I earnestly hope soon to prove th( truth of it by congratulating you upon the safe return ofmy Brother Townshend. If you are inclined to be alarmed by the delay recollect thai such delay can only be the effect of caution in the step- of the Seia which caution is our common security for the success of it, &, (for which 1 am more sollicitous) a farther argument ofmy Brother's safety. Forgive me if I omit the pain of speaking of our late misfortune: my heart sinks under the blow, and nor timo nor any thing can efface the impression. Lady Townshend has wrote herself: and Lady Dalkeith has gone to Adderbnry. You mil always hear whatever I have to tell that can relieve your miserable, affectionate situation; I am very affectionately yr's C. Townshend." 1759, Oct. 2nd. Lady Townshend to the same. Dated in London. " Dear Lady Ferrers, Nothing hut the Apprehension that the seeing me would agitate your spirits too much and consequently be prejudicial to your health, could prevent me from coming to Tunbridge. Every body agrees that the first time the Wind changes from the North Fast we must hear from M r Townshend but as yet it is full East. The poor Norfolk Militia by being pent up so long in the Barracks at Portsmouth are all a dying of the bloody Flux, S r Armand "Woodhouse is come to town to see Lord Barrington to endeavour to get them relieved, but M r Pitt's being out of town makes it impossible for their having any immediate redress by being removed from that duty. My health is so affected for the last three days tbat I can with difficulty write this E. Townshend " 1750, Oct, 5th. Brigadier General "Murray to General Townshend. Unaddressed. « Sir, I this moment had the honour of yours. The shaving Trunk I think myself obliged to yon for, and 1 enclose an order for the reestablish- mentofit. I doubt not of its being presented a few weeks after your arrival in England. . As I am sure you are desirous to serve your country it certainly will avail itself of your inclinations and nobody can wish you greater success in every thing you undertake than I do. I remember we did joke about the chairs. I am of your opinion that they are too heavy for the field. I thank you lmv,T> r forthe offer. I tend the Map you mention & wish I hid anything more worth your acceptance. I have a few embroider'd birch curiosities which lady Ferrers would like perhaps, and you may not have met with any Like them. You will oblige mo if you will accept of them. As I am to Btay here you know 1 can easily get others for my female friends in England. old HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, Mabquebs I shall look Pot the letter you mention, take a copy of it, and deposite MSg. the original with you. Since so black a lye was propogated 1 think — myself very happy that you will be on the spot to contradict whatever Ignorance, or Faction may suggest. I have no copy of the paper I sent by you to Gen 11 Wolfe concerning his Scheme of landing between Point an Tremble and S* Augustin, but the publick orders are a sufficient proof of his intention to do it, and likewise of the suddenness of the thought of landing when we did. Iudeed his orders throughout the campaign shows little stability, strata- gem, or iixt resolution ; I wish his friends had not been so much our Enemys, his Memory would probably have been dearer to his Country than now it can be. We are acting on the defensive, you have the Exe- cution of the plan, and I am well perswaded you will manage it with as much tenderness to the memory of the poor Gen 11 as the nature of things will admit of. 1 find I am not to have the honor of a visit from you so I must take the opportunity of wishing you a good Voyage, & a happy meeting with your friends. I am — Sir Your most obedient humble Servant Ja. Murray." 1 759, Oct. 6th. Rev. Robert Leeke to Lady Ferrers. " My very hon d Lady .... Give me Leave to observe to y r Lordship, that I a little fear, least y r Ladyships Spirits should Sink a little, because Good News is long a Coming from Quebpc. My Lady, as y r Ladyship believes, that, Pro vid ce will Conclude this Great affair & all others for the best upon the whole, under Such a thought of an Entire Confidence in God, there is no room for any discomposure — besides as there is no bad news hitherto, y r Lady- ship may be sure, that had any Evil happen'd to the General, his friends abt him Mould have sent a Message — No News therefore is good News — & 1 must own for myself some time ago my heart was very sad, whenever I thought of him but of late it hath been much otherwise, & therefore my Mind inwardly presages that all is well. That y r Ladysp may be ever Easy & well & meet the General soon in Great Safety is the most feiV prayer & most Cordial wish of y r Ladyships most Obed* & most humble Serv* R T Leeke." 1759, Oct. 14th. Lord Townsliend to the same. Dated at Rabley. L d Townshends Complements to L? Ferrers and is extremely obliged to her for the account she has been so kind as fo 'send him of M r Towns- hends perfect Health, and is glad to hear that her Ladyship and the Children are all well. 1750, Oct. 23rd. Brigadier Murray to General Townshend. Dated at Quebec and unaddressed Endorsed "General Murray." "Sir! — Captain Eraser writes to his correspondent here that yon have been pleas'd to speak well of me to some of the great people at hone. This is very obliging and deserves my thanks. I never doubted of your doing Justice to all men, & I shall be glad of an opportunity to convinee you how truly I am — Sir — Your most obedient & most humble Servant, Ja. Murray." 1759. Oct. 30th. Rev d Roberl Leeke to Lady Ferrers. Dated at ' treat Snoring. - My Good Lady As I had the lion 1 ' to receive from y 1 ' I >adyship the pleasing Account first of Mr Townshends safety & imediately after, the hon r he had got HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMlSSrON. 317 .-it Quebec. To both w ch 1 returned ray mbsl hearty Congratulations as tow«™5j I do dow again & again with the highest Joy I think ray Soul ever was. tasti d. Give me Leave now to rehearse with pleasure before y 1 ' Ladysp the many dangers I observe Gen 1 Townshend hath escaped during the Campaign. If we begin with the long Voyage <>f nine Weeks passage on the S all w c h time, iwas a great mercy he Enjoy'd his health, as he never had been OVdtothe Sea much before. When the Beet went up the river s 1 Lawrence then- was 3 weeks passage agiine — the passage was attended with Infinite danger, to our people at least, who knew little of it. On the way up they met with Six life Ships Sent down to meet them, with design to have burnt our fleet, w' 1 ' they narrowly Escaped, & must have destroyed them, had the Hie Ships met them in ;i Narrow part of the ( lhannell. The day alter they Landed ai S 1 Orleans, a Violent Storm arose, w' '•' dashed many of I he Transports to pieces which had it been only one day Sooner, must have destroy'd the whole fleet & perhaps Every Soul perisht. After they Landed M* Wolfe says in his Letter They made two Attacks upon the Enemy & was Each time repulsed w"' Great loss, & he -ays further, had be not in one of those Attacks Call'd back the troops i mediately, Brigadier Townshends Corps had been Expos'd to Great hazard — h Great escape here, & I think in this instance & some Other 1 see in Gen 1 Wolfe a great tenderness for M* Townshend. On the Great Attack when the Victory was got, we had 5 thousand Men only, the Enemy ten, our Army marcht up against a most terrible fire, & held, their own till they advanct within 40 or 50 yards of the Enemy, Wolfe on the right, Moncton in the Center, A- Townshend on the leftjhere in these moment - was the utmost danger, Wolfe shot in 3 different places of bis body, Moncton quite thro his, ft Townshend Escapes. If ever 1 saw a visible protection of Providence over any one on Earth, I 9ee it now over Gen 1 Townshend. God's goodness to him deserves our Utmost wonder, love A thanks. If there is any one in the world thai did not wish Gen 1 Townshend well in this Expedition, Let them look on him Xo/r with Confusion of face, when they see him live, when many brave men fell al>< him, when they see him not only lire but live to finish a Victory, w' 1 ' brave Gen 1 Wolfe began — when (hey live to see him at the head of his Victorious troops Enter the Enemys Great Capital, A see him send word to his Majesty under his own hand, that the Victory was thus Concluded by his own Policy & under his owii direction. He hath over come hitherto, winds & storms, a bail Climate all sorts of danger- both bj Sea & Land, indeed Every thing, that can make an Expedition terrible, himself untoucht, not a finger aking amids[t] the wounds, death A destruction of many- brave men of our own. and many more Experienct Soldiers & marks men of the Enemy. Let us thank God foi this Inexpressible Mercy, & beseech him to preserve him safe from dangerous Storms in his way home. 1 am a little afraid the Military Glory he hath got this Expedition should en- crease his taste lor ii, & make him fond of the Wars, w' h I don't like, for I think still, as I always did, lie can serve his Country better at home, but I hopeatjood peace will be the Consequence of taking Quebec A. then there will he an End of all our Wars for the present. Let me Now observe to y r Ladysp what I see at home Since the greal News Came: a prodigious Joj in all the Villages Nigh me striving who hall out do Each other; in Market Towns they illuminate &c. Tho it 318 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. SI leqjtess is observed some choose to be in darkness, whilst others set up their lights, l0W Mss i:yD ' 1ul higher up in the Country, I do not hear that they have Exerted — " themselves like 'what is done ab f Fakcnham & Walsingham & the villages adjacent. Tho Great things have been successively done by our Arms all Sum- mer yet Prince Ferdinand's Victory 8c that at Quebec is the Greatest of all, but Quebec is of the Utmost Importance to the Kingdom & will be of all others most Conducive to an Early & solid peace. The surviving Generals therefore that Commanded at Quebec will ever be seen by the King & Kingdom in the. highest pitch of Glory & Esteem. I hope y r Ladysp amidst all this Joy is very well . . . ." [1759, Oct.] Lord Townshend to the same. Dated at Rabley, — u Wednesday noon." " Lord Townshend rejoices most heartily upon the happy news L d Feraera has been so kind us to send him this morning of the Surrender of Quebec and that M- Townshend is safe & well ; and does most sincerely congratulate her Ladyship upon these happy events, which he hopes will have the further good effect of giving perfect ease and quiet, to her Ladyship ['s] mind and that her Ladyship['s] health will be restored. He hopes tho children are all well." 1759, Dec. 1st. Rev. Robert Leeke to the same. " Oh Good Lady Ferrers, I heartily bless God, that I have in my power to wish you Joy of this most Glorious Event — an[d] happy Meeting again with Dear General Townshend w ch I do most heartily : I do not remember any Event in life past ever fill'd my heart with a More Substantial & Ex- alted pleasure. No words can Express w* I feel. I feel it as it Conduces Equally to y r Ladysps happiness as well as M l * Townshends. I need not mention toy* Ladysp that this good Event Sets every Noble prospect in life before you — oh how great is the goodness of God, you see it now & taste it in great abundance. Oh ! Lady Ferrers what a firm Relyance upon Providence will it not do ? What is not the Good- ness of God willing to do for those that depend upon him. I shall always think that y r Ladysps Prayers & mine too, have been a great help to M r Townshend's Security. I shall thank God for this Mercy along with his other blessings to me & beg under this most Joyfull Event, that y 1 ' Ladyship will please to Accept My Congratulations along with M* 8 Leekes for thcrCwill be None that will Send it more affectionately. R. Leeke." 1759, Dec. 2nd. The Countess of Cornwallis to the same. Dated at Culford. " My dear L d y Ferrers I am infinitely obliged to You for Your early notice of M 1 ' Townshends safe arrival. My L d desires to joyn with me in assuring M 1 ' Townshend, that ho has no Friends more truly happy than we are with his safe and glorious return that you will always be as fortunate, and as happy as You arc at present is the most sincere wish of Y r most Affec : E : C : [P.S.] My L a Molly & Harry desire their kind Comp* 8 to M r Town- shend & Y r self." 1759, Dec. lilt. Thomas Beevor to General Townshend. Dated at Hethel. ISTOBICAI MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. "My Dear S< MlI . l couu nol without the greatest injury to my inclination, and Tow ingratitude to your friendship, omil paying Xou my most early respects, on your safe Arrival in this Kingdom: I sincerely congratulate You, on the happy suco of an Expedition, which had been by all accounts impracticable, but for the uncommon bravery, and vasl superiority of Abilities, in the Commanders of i( ; in which capacity (Peace to the Manes of poor Wolfe) I cannot help enjoying the happiness of pour fortunes in being lefl the person to compleat it. As Your Gate was the chief circumstance of my first enquiry, when I Pound ii bo glorious, 1 cou'd not luii reflect with transport, <>n the situation, in which 5fou were nuw placed ; respected, and honour'd by your Countrymen, beloi 'd by all your friends, and bless'd, doubly bless'd in one of the worthiest, and best of Women ; to whose anxious and frequenl prayers Sou may perhaps be indebted for thai very life, which is now sogreal an Orna- inent to Vou : this without the least exageration, is now your lot, and 'tis indeed a happy one, your future scene will doubtless be a greal one ; but pardou my friendship, when I tell You, that I think You nun; the one, and will never fail to grace, and dignify the other; Macte Virtute, my Dear George, and believe me when I assure You, that no happiness attending You, will ever give a more real or greater pleasure to any one, than to your Sincere & faithful friend and humble Serv* Tno s Beevob, I T.S.] M 1S Leevors & my Compliments to Lady Ferrers." 17o9, Dec. 7th. Miles Branthwayt to the same. Dated at I J-unthorpe. "Dear Sir — 1 hog leave to congratulate you & Lady Ferrers on your safe Arrival in England .... we are all of us very impatient to kiss your hand at Cranmer & to congratulate you upon your great Success in conquering Quebeck M r Gay has not heard from his son since the taking of Quebeck, which gives him & us great iness .... M rs Branthwayt begs that you will accept & make her best Comp fa to Lady Ferrers, Lady Compton, & your little family & that you will accept the same from Dear Sir" etc. 1759, Dec. 8th. Lord Shaftesbury to the same. Dated at Exeter. " Lord Shaftesbury presents his most s ulcere and affectionate Com- pliments to M r Townshend, and is extremely thankful to him for t he favour of M l " Townshend's inquiring after him in Grosvenor Square. L* 1 Shaftesbury intended before this to have paid his Compliments by Letter, and to have acknowledged the the Honour of the Public regard shewn him by Mr Townshend in the excellent address at the Head of Lien* Col : Wyndham's book, but business Leaves him at present no time for writing, lie can not conclude this Note without informing Brig 1 ' Townshend of the perfect Harmony subsisting between the Dorsetshire and Army Corps now doing duty together here I propose returniug into Dorset \ ery soon. Lord Shaftesbury's respects wait on Lady Ferrers." Same date. Earl Poulett to the same. Dated at Hinl <: I take the liberty of troubling my honoured friend & kinsman, w* a letter I received from a friend of mine whom I sh d be very glad to serve, & as 1 am retired in the country (by being a cripple) 1 donl know where to apply more properly, w' !l I hope will excuse the trouble of this letter. 1 am glad at the same time of an opportunity of congratulating you on a sate return, & with so much Glory & success, in w' 1 every English- 320 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess men takes part, but more particularly those who have the honour of ToTragnwD being related to you. After being a Cripple for more than two years I begin to feel some benefit from a Remedy I have tryed for about 5 weeks past, even at this time of the year, against all the disadvantages of weather. If I knew who had the managem 1 of the new Militia bill, & had the heads of it sent me, I might perhaps be able to add something to it, who beg leave to assure my honoured Kinsman that I am w th the highest regard & greatest respect " etc. Same date. W. Clarke Woodbine to the same. Dated at Swafham. " Dear Sir — M r Cha s Brown thinks himself under the highest Obliga- tion for you so kindly looking over the past, in his Affair, says there is Nothing he so much wishes for as a Comission, and that too by your means, it will he says, give him a daily opportunity of proving to you how much he owes to your Favour, & also to the Memory of his & my much lamented Friend Col 1 Eoger [Townshend] " etc. Same date. J. Burslem to the same. Dated at Bosworth. " Hon rd Sir. — Please to accept my sincere Congratulations upon the very great Success abroad " etc. 1759, Dec. 9th. Edward Davy to the same. Addressed. — "For The Hon: Brigadier General Townshend at his house in Audley Square, London." " Worthy Sir. — I sincerely congratulate your safe Arrival, in England and wish you may live many years, to wear those Laurels in y r Native Country, which by faceing so many Foreign, Dangers, you have so greatly won " etc. Same date. Alexander Johnson, First Lieut, of Artillery, " to the Honble Generall Townshend." Dated at Plymouth. After making suggestions in Tactics and for the improvement of cartridges this letter concludes as follows : — " Was is not for fear of incroaching too much on your Patience, [I] would propose a plan for keeping up, dureing the approaching Peace, all the Infantry, Saylors, and Marines, at a very little Expence to the Nation, but must refer that, either to another Opertunity, or my being honour' d with your Company iu Town : [I] must inform you that Cap* Phillips obtain'd a Company in the Artillery from being a First Lieut. You'll excuse my courting your Favour, when you consider the Advantage that may accrue to me from haveing the Interest of a Military Gentleman, endowed with your generous Publick Character and Accomplishments ; to deserve the Continuance of which, shall allways be the Study of he, who has the Honour to be, Sir" etc. Same date. Benjamin Nuthall, Wine merchant, to the same. Dated at Lynn. '• Amongst the Multitude of Your Friends permit me to congratulate You, on your safe Arrival in England, after so many Perils, & the Acquisition of so much Glory. The great & useful Service w ch You have finisht for Y r Country, will even Speak of you & for You w th distinguish'd Honor in this & Future Ages. I am with the greatest Respect, Sir," etc. L759, Dec. 10th. John Helder to the same. Dated at, Snailwell. Hon'' 1 Sir — I beg leave to trouble You with aline (o acquaint You, that I expect receiving about the latter end of Christmas Your half years Kent, for the three farms HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 321 I wish You Joy, on Your great Success abroad, and sincerely adore Mabqcbm the Divine Goodness, which baa preserved Von, & brought You safe l " ! \ i ; home, to Your Good Lady, H»ve"*efc. 1 7-39, Dec. 15th. Rev d T. 0. Young to the same. Dated at Swafham, " Dear Sir, . . . . Every body here & all over the Country mention you with the most warm & grateful attachment, & pay all possible Vene- ration to your Character — I am confident you will see it in the looks & behaviour of every one you meet with .... T. O. Young. 1759, Dec. 22nd. James Quin to the same. Dated at Bath. " Sir From a Hart full of Love, Esteem and Gratitude you have the most sincere Congratulations. May your Honours and Happynesses of ev'ry kind be equal to the warmest Wishes of, Sir, Your ever 'faith full and most obedient Servant James Quin. 1759, April 30th, to Sept, 18th. A MS. book in cardboard cover endorsed "Orders of General Wolfe." 84 pp. The phonetic spelling of this manuscript suggests that the orders were written from dictation by a non-commissioned officer. 1759, June 10th. Dispositions generales pour s'opposer a la descente depnis La Riviere S* Charles jusqu' au Sault de Montmorency, de meme que pour se retirer derierre la rivierre S* Charles dans le cas que Ton f'ut force a la descente. Projet pour deffendre cette Rivierre et ordre de Bataille pour combattre et pour camper pendant toute La Campagne. 5 pp. foolscap. Subscribed "A Quebec le 10 Juin 1759" and signed " Le Ch[evaii]er de Levis." This document seems to have fallen into General Townshend's hands on the fall of Quebec. 1759, June 26rh to Oct. 10th. General Orders issued to the troops before Quebec between there dates. A stitched MS., in a clerk's hand, without cover or title. 108 pp. 1759, July 28th to Sept. 13th. Hough notes relating to the siege of Quebec between these dates. 5 pp. foolscap. ' The account given in these notes of the movements of the British forces on Sept. 13 (h , when Quebec was captured and Gen 1 Wolfe was killed, is as follows : — ■ Sept. 13th. The Troops landed below the place intended owing to the rapidity of the Tide. Just before we were ordered to land Capt. Smith, a very active & intelligent Officer of the light Troops, informed the Brigadiers that the naval Officer who was to conduct the first detachment down the River assured him that if he proceeded down by the S[outh] side of the River the Current was so strong that they should be carried beyond the place of attack & probably below the Batteries & the Town & thereupon the Brigadiers (there not being time to report & receive Gen 1 Wolfe's directions thereon) authorised him to carry them down the N[orth] side of the River & fortunately it wasfollow'd, for even there the Boats could only land before daybreak considerably below the place of attaek (l'anee Guardien) & Col. Howe (now Sir William) found he was below it, & Major Delauney a very active & enterprising Officer who had a command in the light Corps, saying the place was higher up the River, & the Colonel knowing the Consequence of the Encmie's perceiving at day HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 323 light our situation & being reinforc'd, ho order'd that Officer to attack MABauBM where proposed & very gallantly himself scrambled up the rocky height mss. in his front. l>v which he turning (o his left he attack'd & drove the Enemy from their position & mosl happily Facilitated the success of the former up a narrow precipice •with an abbatis & abatteryjust over it ■which was Bring on them. Just at daybreak another most fortunate circumstance contributed to the success of this critical operation, when the first corps for disembarka- tion was passing down the N[orth | side of the River & the French ('en- tries on the banks chaUeng'd our .boats, Capt. Fraser who had been in the Dutch Service ft spoke French, answered — la Fiance & vive le Roy — on which the French Centinelsran along the Shore in the dark crying — laisser les passer Us sont nos gens avec les provision! — -which they had expected for some time. When Brig[adie]rs Moukton & Townshend arrived to support them Brig. Townshend put his .Men in boats behind the Ships which the Enemy was battering, landed them sale, and follpwd Gen 1 Monkton's [column] to tiie Ground where (lie General was forming his line to oppose the Enemy, who was passing with ail expedition under their Comander [in] Chief Mons* de Montcalm the River S ! Charles. The Troops marchd forwards with the utmost alacrity to possess the rising Ground Ac were drawn up in a line of battle opposite the Town. Col. Howe with the light Troops was sent to take possession of a 3 Gun battery at S 1 Michel which executed he drove in all the small parties which were posted on the heights & annoyd our Coluras going up the Hill. In forming the line Brig 1 Monckton commanded the right. Brig* Mur- ray the Center & Brig* Townshend the left, which when forming with Lascells Regiment only was attacked by the Americans & [ndians, which he kept in cheek behind a long roadway assisted by the gallant be- haviour of Capt. who had quitted a House by mistake which protected the front of the Brigadiers position, but on finding his mistake he dashd back again— attacked them with Bayonets & put all to the Sword within the House. The Brigadier being reinforced by his second Battalion then maintaind his position whilst the Enemy being formed between the Town & our line came down & attacked our front. They were received with the greatest firmness, just before this Gen 1 Wolfe came towards the left & finding all secure on there, be returned to the Center & received a mortal wound in the head & soon after another in the breast & died before they e' 1 carry him to the Water side. ( '-en 1 Monckton was wounded in the breast. Our Troops had charged the Enemy close & repulsed them A; pursued them part info the Town the rot down the River S* Charles. Brigadier Townshend was left with one Battalion, when Monsieur de Bougainville was inarching from the Woods in the Rear to attack him. He sent his Ail du Camp to collect the Troops as fast as they could A took a position towards the Enemy behind a Ravin & got up 2 pieces of Cannon, & when they were tiring he had the mortifica- tion to hear that they had brought wrong ammunition, on which as the Enemy was forming in the Edge of the Woods he orderd the Officer to lire with a considerable degree of Elevation, & maintaind his position till reinforced by the return of some of the scatter'd force-, from the pursuit. 1759, Augt. 28th to Sept. 12th. '-Copies of Papers that were wrote by General Wolfe and the Brigadiers, before the Operations above the Town of Quebec in 17o!V 12 pp. 17ol), Sept. 13th. " Return of the Kill'd and Wounded at the Battle of Quebec." x 2 DISS. 324 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess The total is 658 officers and privates killed and wounded, and 3 missing. The following is the list of the General and Staff Officers killed and wounded : — Major Gen 1 AYolfe, killed; Brig 1- Gen' Monckton, wounded ; Major Barre, Adju* Gen 1 , wounded ; Colonel Carleton, Q r M r Gen 1 , wounded ; Capt. Spital, Major of Brigade, wounded ; Capt. Smyth, Aid de Camp, wounded ; and Lieut. Benzell. Engineer, wounded. 1759, Sept. -—-p' Copy of the "Capitulation of Quebec as it was loth. proposed y e 17 th 7 ber 1759 & also such as was agreed upon y e 18 th ." In French and English, eleven Articles. Signed by Admiral Saunders, General Townshend and Mons 1 ' de Ramsay, Commandant of Quebec. The chief clauses to the effect that the garrison is to march out. with all the honours of war, and that the property and religion of the inhabi- tants are guaranteed. 1759, Sept. 20th. General Townshend to William Pitt. Dated at the "Camp before Quebeck Sep 1 " y e 20 lh 1759 — Copy of y e letter sent " to y e Secretary of State, Sep 1 ' y e 20 th 1759." Endorsed Quebec— Copy of my Relation of the Action to M l * Pitt," Sir, I have y e honour to acquaint you with y e success of his Majesty's arms on y e 13 th instant in an action with y e French in y e heights to y e Westward of this town. It being determined to carry y e operations above y e town, the post at Pointe Levy & Isle d' Orleans being secured, General Wolfe marched with y e remainder of his forces from Pointe Levy y e 5 th & 6 th & embarkt them in transports which had passed y e town for that purpose. In y e 7 th 8 th & 9 th a movement of y e ships was made up y e river in order to amuse y e enemy now posted along y e North Shore. The transports being extremely crowded & y e weather very bad, y e General thought proper to cantoon half his troops upon y e South Shore, where they were refresht & reimbarkt upon y e 12 th at one in y e morning. The light infantry commanded by Col 1 Howe, y e Reg ts of Bragg's, Kenedy's, Las- celles, & Austruther's, w th a detachment of Highlanders & y e Royal American Grenadiers, y e whole being immediately under y e command of Brigadiers Monkton & Murray, were put into y e flat bottom'd Boats & after some movements of y e ships made by Admiral Holmes to draw y e attention of y e enemy up y e river y e boats fell down w th y e tide & landed on y e N. Shore within a league of Cape Diamond an hour before daybreak. The rapidity of y° tide of ebb hurried y e boats a little below y e intended place of attack, which obliged y e light Infantry to scramble up a woody precipice in ordsr to secure y e landing of y e troops, & to dislodge a Captain's post which defended a small entrenched road where y e troops were to move up. After some firing y e light infantry gained y e top of y e precipice & dispersed y e Captain's post, by which means y e troops \v ih very little loss from a few Canadians & Indians in y e wood got up & immediately formed. The boats; as they emptied were sent back for y e second disembarkation which I immediately made. Brigadier Murray being detached w th Anstruther's bataillon to attack a four gun battery on y e left was recalled by y° General who now saw y e French army crossing y e River S* Charles. General Wolfe thereupon began to form his line of Battle, having his right covered with y e Louisbourg Grenadiers on an eminence, behind which was Otway's, on y e left of y e Grenadiers were Bragg's, Lascelles, Kenedy's, Highlanders & Anstruther's. The right of this bodywas commanded by Brig r Monkton & y e left by Brig r Murray': his rear & left were protected by Col 1 Howe's HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 325 light infantry who was returned from y e 4 gun Battery which be had „. Mu 111 l' li- . / i -i i " w i i • r i rOWHBHBK D lound abandoned & y' Camion spiked up. We DOS was formed as a K8& Reserve in y e Center with large Intervals between their Subdivisions, & Lawrence's soon after detach'd to preserve our Communication with our Boats. General Montcalm having collected y" whole of his force from y e Beauporl side cc advancing us shewed his intention to flank our left when I was immediately ordered with Amherst's Battalion which 1 formed en Potence. My numbers were Boon after encreased by two other Battalions as they arrived. The Ennemies lined the Bushes in their front with I.jOO Indian- & Canadians & 1 have reason to think most of their hot marksmen, which kepi up a brisk tho' irregular fire upon our whole line, who bore it w ,h y greatest patience & g 1 ordi reserving their fire for y e main body now advancing. The right of y French line was composed of half y troops de la Colonic, y Battalions of La Sarre & Languedoc w tt some Canadians & Indians; their center Column was formed by y° Battalions of Beam & Guienne, & y r kit wa composed of y° other half of y troupes de la Colonic w ,h y e Battalion of Koyal Roussillon. Such was as near as I guess their line, of Battle. The French brought up two small pieces of Artillery against us & we had been able to bring up but one gun which being extreamly well served galled their Column exceedingly — My attention to y e left will not permit me to be very exact with regard to every circumstance which passed in y e center, much less toy right. But 'tis most certain that the attack of y e Ennemy was very brisk & animated on that side, our troops nevertheless reserved their fire to within 40 yards which was so well continued, that y e Ennemy everywhere gave way. It was then our General fell at y° head of Bragg's& y e Louisbourg Grenadiers advancing to charge their Bayonets. About y same time. Brigadier General Monkton received his Avound at y e head of Lascelles. On their side fell y e French General Mons 8 De -Montcalm & his second in command since dead of his wounds on board our fleet. The ennemy in their confusion flung themselves into a thick copse wood in their rear & seemed preparing to make a stand. It was at this time that each Corns seemed in a manner to exert itself w ,h a view to its own peculiar character. The Grenadiers, Bragg' s & Lascelles drove on y° Ennemv with their Bayonets . Brig'' Murray briskly advancing upon y p ennemy the troops under his command compleated y e rout on this side, when y Highlanders supported by Anstruther's took to their broad swords & drove part into y e town & part over y e river St. Charles. The action on our left & rear of our left was not so severe. The houses into which y° light infantry were thrown were well defended, being supported bv Col 1 Howe who taking Post w ,h two companies behind a small copse, & frequently sallying upon )■"' ennemy who attack) (hem drove them often into heaps. Against y e front of which body I advanced fresh platoons of Amherst's Beg' which prevented their right wing from executing their first intention. One of y e Royal American Battalions being detached to a post which secured our rear, & y other being sent to fill up y e space the battalions advanced w" 1 General Murray \u'A vacated. I remained with Amherst's alone to support these posts & keep y Ennemies right in check. The efforts of y e Ennemj on this side cou'd never break in upon this disposition & y e hopes of a great body of Indians & Canadians who waited impatiently to have fallen on our rear in case of a defeat were entirely frustrated. This, Sir, was y e situation of things when I was told in y" action that I commanded. 1 immediately repaired to y e center & finding thai y pursuit had put part of y e troops in great disorder ! formed them aa soon as possible. Scarce was that effected when Mons r de BoncaiuviUe 326 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Makqukss w^ about 2000 men, y e corps from Cap rouge & that neighbourhood, Tot msr SHD appear^ i:i our ie;u '- I advanced two pieces of light artillery & two " — ' Battalions towards him hut upon two' or three shots he retired. You will, I Hatter myself, agree Sir that it was not my business to risk y c fruits of so glorious a day & to abandon so commanding a situation to give a fresh ennemy battle upon his own terms & in y a midst of wood ! A swamps where he was posted. I have been employed from y° day of Action to that of y e Capitulation in redoubling our camp against any insult, making a road up y° precipice for our Cannon, getting up y e artillery, preparing y e Batteries, & cutting off y e communications of y e Garrison w th y e country. The 17 th a flag of truce came out w th proposals of Capitulation about noon before we had any Battery erected. I sent y c officer who had come out, back to town allowing theni four hours to capitulate or no further treaty. He returned with terms of Capitulation, which with y e Admiral were considered, agreed to, & signed on both sides by 8 o'clock in y e Morning y e 18 th instant. The terms you find we granted, will I flatter myself be approved of by his Majesty considering y e Ennemy assembling in our rear, y e inclemency of y e season — which wou'd scarcely admitt of our bringing a gun up y e precipice. The critical situation of our fleet from the ^Equinoctial gales calling for our immediate attention, add to this y e entring y° town in a deffensible state against any attack which might otherwise be attempted against it in the winter. This 1 hope wil! be deemed sufficient considerations for granting them V terms I have y c honour to enclose you — I herewith send you a list of y c killed A wounded & y e list of French Prisoners as perfect as I have yet been able to obtain it. I believe their loss that day might amount to 1500 they have at least now 500 wounded in their Hospital General. Another list of y e artillery & stores in y e town, as well as those fallen into our hands at Beauport in consequence of y e Victory. The inhabitants bring in their arms very fast & chearfully take y e oaths of allegiance to his Majesty. By y° last intelligence from deserters Mons r De Levy now commands their army. He is returned some say w th troops from the Montreal side. They are collecting their scattered forces at Cap Rouge, his left extending by different posts as near us as old Loretto 6 miles from our camp. Their regular Battallions are now reduced to 150 men each & are in great want of provisions. I shou'd be wanting in paying my due respects to y e Admirals & y e Naval Service if I neglected this occasion to acknowledge how much Ave are indebted for our success to y e constant assistance & support we have received, & to y e perfect harmony & immediate correspondence which has prevailed throughout our operations in y° uncommon difficulties which y e nature of this country in particular presents to military operations of a great extent, & which no army can in itself solely supply. The immense labour in y e transportation of artillery stores & provisions y e long watchings & attendance in boats, y e drawing up our artillery even in y° heat of y° action, it is my duty short as my Command has been to acknowledge for that time how great a share y e Navy lias had in this successful campaign. 1 have y° honour &c. &c. &c. Geo. Towksiiend." 1759, Sept. 25th. Copy of a proposal [Signed by General Townshend and unaddressed] for a military demonstration with 600 or 800 men on the South Shore [of the River S 1 Lawrence]. Dated 25 th Septem- ber, but endorsed " General Townsheiid's Proposal — Quebec— Sep tr 23 d 1759." riisTORicA] 327 Same date. General Towushend to ■ — — . Dated al th( "Camp It. i r Qui b< c " and unaddres cd. ( !i ■• Dear Sir — The method of sending this will I hope suffi liortn of the Relation. Ii b rinined to carry [on] the Operations above the Town, the eorpi al Montinorenci pa 'd over to Poinl lii'vi. The Posts of 1 le Orleaa < of P' Levi h ing cured, General cmbark'd y° Troops in Transports on y° me movements n|> y e River I" aiou • y 1 Enemy, we lauded on j I3 tt [audi surprised a French post on y°N[orth~] Shore, within •'! miles of y e Town. ( ):ir Troops In about 3600 met ftlon 1 do Montcalm's Army from \ " Beau- port side upon y e Heights before y° Town. Fie began tck, and was repulsed twice. The firmness with which our Troops bore Tirallerie of .-ill their [ndians Canadians &c. for a considerable time, preserving their Fire for their Regulars; & the home attack which they made upon the latter with their Bayonets, when they came down to Charge, decided y e Day. The Highlanders seconded by Anstruthers pursued them to y e Gates of y e Town with their Broad Swords. We had bid - Peices of Cannon up & bill one played for a considerable time. We took 5 besides a greal quantity of Artillery & Stores which fell into our Hands, on y e Beaufort side —as well as in y e Town which eurrender'd, before we had a Battery ready, on the L8 th Instant in y e morning. We losl poor General Wolfe who fell in the wannest part of y" Engagement. Gen 1 Monckton was wounded near the same place &abo •'■'■ time. Mou r de Montcalm & y e second in Command were also killd. Their Regulars sufferd extreamly — Wc have :i great many of their Officers prisoners. We compute our loss al about 500 killd & wounded ; their; about 2000. The remains of their Army is assembling, & cantoou'd about S* Augustine. Mon p de Levi commands. Mon r de Boncainville had a separate Corps of 1500 men who came upon our Rear just- after y° Action was over, attacked one of our Posts & sufferd a good Deal. 1 write this to you by order of Gen* Monckton, who tho' wounded in the Breast, is in so fine a way as to he able to do all business but write — 1 have y e Honour to be -with the most gratefull respect — Dear Sir — Your most faithfull & affect" Geo. Townshend." [Quebec]. 1759, Sept. 26th. General Towushend to General Amherst. Dated at the " Camp before Quebec." A draft "sent y e 27th." "Dear Sir — Having General Monckton's Commands to write von a Relation of y e Action of y e 13 01 , which decided the Fate of this Town& 1 hope will contribute not n little to y e total reduction of Canada ; I have y° Honour to send you a Copy (I believe pretty exact) of my account of that Victory to y e Secretary of State. Were I really to attempt to point out the most striking cause of this successful stroke I must attri- bute it to the admirable & determined firmness of every Brittish Soldier in y° held that Day; conducted by y° manifest ability of the Officers at ihis respective Posts. Victory or no Quarter was I may affirm in every Man's Face that Day; the Ground we scrambled up in y" morning, the motions of y° Enemy to surround us, the Time of Tide & y e Heights which command y'" Boats taught us this lesson, and thank God the whole army made a proper application. ( Jim 1 Monckton, who is so well recovered as to command us, will 1 conclude write to you upon y ft Intelligence he has of y Situation of the remains of y e French Army & how far Things may admit or not of any further movement on our Side. This is not my province. He propos to leave Gen 1 Murray Commander at Quebec. 1 cannot consequently 328 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. whenever y° Army becomes a Garrison be of any use liere, & may em- brace y e leave to return to England you so long ago bestowed upon me. I am sorry y e advancement of y e Season will not allow me to pay my respects to you in America, but shall only say that I shall be one of y e very many who shall think himself happy to serve under y r command. We heard this Day by a Deserter, you had token Montreal. I hope t'is true. Voila done Mon r de Levy investie. I hear I have got Barrington's Regiment. Alas what a Bouquet this had been a Year or two hence for poor Roger. I assure you I return thoroughly wounded from America. I loved him sincerely. My respects to all who do me y e Honour to remember me & forgive me Dear Sir for not sending you y° relation of y e Action in my own Handwriting. 1 had made a thousand Blots. 1 hope to pay you my respects upon more momentous occasions. *" 1 am with y c most Sincere respect — Yr most faithfull & obeel Serv 1 Geo. Townshend. [P.S]. There were two field Peices & not only one up in the Action." Letters, etc. (Miscellaneous). 1700-1791. [Circ. 1700]. R. H. to Lord Townshend ? Undated and unaddressed. " My deare Lord What I bad reserved about me w ch was 500 u necessity hath given to Doctors & Apothecaries ; & by what is to be seen by me, to very little purpose, for I am scarce alive. That little flame which is left, if I can get to April may be restored at the Bath. My Brother hath a litter Avhich I did use thither last Summer ; but it is such a torment to ride in it, that I dread the very thoughts of it. Al this is a beggers preamble to you to give him a Coach & horses. That is to say let the Coach be inside & outside as plaine & as rneane as may be, not of capacity for more then two to ride in it : only I pray You that it may have two doors, & glasse windows in the doors, that it may be made so long Sc of such contrivance, as that I may lie on a quilt in it. For the horses, I care not what they be, so they will but draw me twenty mile in a sum- mer's day. This gentleman wil wait upon you, if you have any thing to Command him in this busines, who knows how to convey it to me. The God of heaven & Earth blesse you with al gifts temporal & eternal. Amen saith Your R. H." 1701, May 19th. Edward L'Estrange to Lord Townshend (the 2nd Viscount Townshend), Dated at Mileham, and addressed " To the R l Hon ble The L d Viscount Townshend at his house in S* James Street — These present." " My Lord — My 2 Young Masters were very Well yesterday. Only the youngest was a Little froward w th the Cutting of a Tooth." After giving the replies of the following gentlemen to his Lord- ship's offers of Commissions in the Lieutenancy and Militia of Norfolk — Colonel Wodhouse, Sir Ralph Hare, Sir Edward Ward, Major Houghton, L l Colonel John Harbord, Sir Roger Potts, and Sir Francis Cuybon ; All these gentlemen are willing to serve under Lord Towns- bond, and rejoice at his Lordship having been appointed Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. — The letter concludes with the following postscript: — HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS commission. 329 " My Lord—] just now Rec d a Let* from .Major Philip Stebbings the present Trea* for the Militia Mony, who desires mee to present his Service to yo* Honour, & beggs the Favour to be continued Treasurer, He is counted an honest & substantial] Man, and has bin Mayor of the City of Norwich, he is a (iroccr by Trade, and lives in the Market place, & voted for our Kn 1 at the last Election." 1701, Augt. 4th. James Calthorpe to his dear con-in '• Mr. Richard Lemon at y e 3 Nuns near Water Lane in Fleel Streel London." " I am most heartily concerned for the loss of our good friende and I must say my good lord and lady are little less my servis to y r sister and cos Cooper." 1701, Augt. loth. The Freedom of the City of Norwich conferred on Lord Townshend at this date. In Latin, on parchment, with the Corporation Seal attached. Signed by William Rayley, Chamberlain. 1701, Nov. 20th. William Cooke to . Dated at Ason and unaddressed. "Since the sodaine & surprizeing dissolution of Parliam"', & before I received the honour of your letter, I had intimation that those Gentle- men who mett- at N"orw° b on Saturday last had taken effectual! care to give notice of a generall meeting to be held on Saturday next at the King's head in Norw ch : I did heare alsoe that the Candidates to be proposed to the County would be your selfe 8s S'-lohn Holland to whom I cannot imagine there will be any opposition " . . . . 1 701, Nov. 26th. From the same to the same. Dated at Ason and unaddressed. " Since my L d Townshend's servant delivered me your letter I have received one from S r Jacob Astley telling me he intend[s] to stand againe for the County .... soe neare & honrable a Relation as S 1 Jacob Astley concerning himselfe at this time I must beg your pardon if I stand neuter " . . . . 1701, Dec. 12th. Samuel Fuller to Lord Townshend. Dated at Yarmouth and unaddressed. "the slippery trick the Dissenters acted in the Election here, has so much disgusted "those of the Church part as will not vote in conjunction with them & if [it] were not for a particular Obligation to yo* Self [I J believe would all be on the contrary part, but as lair as 1 can guesse there will be few faile you, besides hero has been no intimation from S r J[acob] A[stley] of his resolutions of standing." 17i>2, April 20th. Francis Spellman " to M 1 ' Lemon att the Three Nuns near Fleet Bridge in Fleet Street London : " Asking for assist- ance and begging for a line directed to him at his lodging "att the Golden Cock near Easl Gate Rochester." 1702, Nov. 2nd. Edmond Hamond to Lord Townshend. Hated from Southwoolton and addressed " ffor The Right Honble. The L d Townshend in Soho Square London." An estimate of the value of certain timber in Helviugton Wood and Patchy Wood. "The timber is distant from Wells a Sea port but 8 miles and much of it except some great tree- may be carry d thither for 8s. p load." 170? , Feb. ISth. Dr. Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, to Spencer Compton. Unaddressed, andsigned, "yo r affect** Friend Tho.Cantuar." "CoodS''. — There is a. \V\\\ to preserve Libraries &c. brought into the House of Commons : and if I well remember, You were named together with S r John Holland & M r Compton, for the bringing of it in. 1 have 330 \L MANUSI RIPTS COMMISJ COX. procured a Copy of it, & I hope it will be much amended before it comes up to Us; I am not against the Design of it but I think it breaks in- upon the Jurisdictiou of the Queen, the Archbishops, divers Deans " of the Diocese & his officers. . . . I would therefore, gladly speak w tb you about this Bill, that it may be so amended w ,!l You, as to have no Opposition in our House." 170 1, Sept. 6th. W. Wyndham to his "most Dear Brother Ashe Windham Esq 1 at Felbrigg," "at the Queens head in Cornhill London." Dated from Nerdlingen . . . " I have wrote to my mother at Felbrigg twise since my legge is of, and once to Aunt Martha Ashe at Twittnam G-adford will be a L* . . . . New commissions will hardly be given Out till his Grace getts to the Hague and then I hope to have one amongst the rest. Palmes is made a Brigad r .... I cant imagine what is become of the Spaw waters .... I doubt the waters are spoiled and so the money lost " . . . . 1 704, Oct. jjiJh The same " To the Hono ble Roger Townshend Esq r in Norfolk. — By S waff ham Bagg." From Nimigue. ... It was no small grief to me that I was not in a statu quo to give an account to you that you might hear of the fate of y r Friends as well as the Victory [at Blenheim], but now all that is old, and so is the loss of my legge, but 1 can assure you I make no doubt of being in a condition again to serve her Majesty and my most dear B3nef actors at Rainham, as well as ever, but I pray God to send it more in my power. Coll Palmes who was the day after the Battle made a Brig ad r got t himself and the Reg 1 the greatest Honour & Reputation that you can well think, and truly I believe hardly any one was more instrumental to the Success of that Bay .... Your Expression of Concern for me totches me as sensibly as an Amputation but I must desire that you will have no further Pity or thought of that Matter for I have not the least Notion but of being as easy and happy as ever " 170.3, May 2nd. Robert Britiffe to Lord Townshend. Unaddressed. The writer describes the election the day before of a Mayor of the town he writes from. 1705, May 12th. The Bishop of Norwich to the same. Addressed " To the right hon ble my Lord Viscount Townshend at Rhainham in Norfolk." The writer has written to the Lord Treasurer about a case he al bides to. 1705, May 29th. The same to the same. Addressed as the last. " My Lord, At length I found my Lord President [the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery] who is much your Serv 1 in the affair likely to come before her Majestv. He adviseth that affidavits should be made of the ciimes set forth in the Petition I begin my journey to morrow for Norwich., where I shall be most ready to receive your Commands. I am, my Lord, Your Lord!' most faithful humble Sen* J. Norwich." • •■ date. Thomas Pelham to the same (his son in law). Ad- dressed as the last "I am much pleased with y v Success at Norwich, at the same lime 1 had a letter from my Brother w th the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS < i 331 .'mi •. Poll w" h was thu Trcror 1867, Parker 1416, Peach 1397, Lumnly 895, but the Sheriff in favor of Parker made illegal Adjourn- al 1 ". So h Petition and Action will certainly follow. We are in great heart upon the Prospect of a good Hi a'] ' 1705, June 28th. Richard Lena an to the same. Addressed " To The K' Hono ble Charles Lord Viscount Townshend atl Raynham, Norfolk. These; Humbly: Present." — "When I paid M r Mason the coal monger the money according to your order i asked what price he would your Honour for for what you should have occasion for in the winter he told me In 1 would venter to doe Iff att 29*. p chaldron. 1 have sent the things Mr. Watts wrote for yesterday by the Wi this morning. [P.S.] There is a late report about town that the Lord Kc< per will be outt of his place in a very short time : and [that ] Mr. William Cowper [is] to succeed him ; M r Serjeant Weld is of this opinion/ 1 1706, February 1 7th. Rev d Stephen Gardiner to the same. Dated at Norwich and addressed to Lord Townshend in London. The writer entreats his Lordship's interest to procure him some preferment and mentions " My worthy Friend D r Trimmer has promised me his assist- ance for that purpose." 17()7, Jany. 2nd. Marquis of dent, Lord Chamberlain, to the lion. Spencer Compton Esq ro , Treasurer of the Household of Prince I of Denmark. "S r — Having last Year upon Ace* of some disputes att the Gent" Waiters Table, given directions to the Gent" Ushers not to permit any Page of the Presence to sit at the same Table w ,h them they having never had that liberty till of late, I am inform'd that M r Lucas one of the Prince's Pages notwithstanding he had Notice of the Order refus'd to obey it during his waite last Month, w' h Contempt of his I desire may be represented to his Royall Highness. 1 have now sent the Genii" Dshers the same Order in writing and hope you will take care that the Prince's Pages of the Presence may be directed to submitt to it as well as the Queen's." 1707, March 23rd. N.S. Karl of Gallway to the same. Dated at Valencia. Recommending to his protection Mons r Jandraut (Gendraut), and mentioning that Lord Godolphin had promised to take care of him. 1707, April 10th. Edward Ashe to Lord Townshend. Dated in London and unaddressed. •• .My Lord. I was in hopes instead of this impertinent letter to have waited on you before this time att Rainham butt buisness, w ch I think the more one hates the more itt pursues one, will necessarily deprive mee of that, pleasure I fear for three weeks or a month longer. The only chance I have for seeing y r I."-''!' sooner is the attendance att the next meeting of the Pari' on Monday the 14 ,! ', when doubtless there is some very extraordinary business to be done thai could occasion so short & so surprising a Prorogation. The r< People talk on here is to prevent frauds that Merch' 8 may committ by draw-backs & reimporting those goods from Scotland Custome free. I wish a method may he found that may not prejudice the Custom aer< nor yett be any Infraction t>\' the Union, butt this is thought to be verv difficult, & for ought I know may be worth y r L d h P a journey from Rainam to consult about. 332 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Tis certain the method our very good Freind the Secretary gott topass the House of Commons was not. approv'd by the Lords, w cb has occasional the disappointment those had who expected to have heard a speech from the Queen last Tuesday. Ash Wyndham is come to town & assures mee of your good health as I can y r L dsl, P of all y r Freinds in town ; I wish yoti much Mirth & Satisfaction att Norwich as to the Politicks I'me out of pain, I make no doubt butt Whiggism will be trimphant. When ever y r L dsh P appears att the head of it t, that so good a Cause may ever find so powerfull a support is the desire of etc. . . . [P.S.] My humble service to S r Cha : Turner and Mr. Walpole." 1707, April 25th. Edward Nicholas to Spencer Compton. Recommending the bearer (Mr. Godfrey who was chief clerk to Lord Bellomonl whilst the latter was Treasurer to the late Queen) to Mr. Compton's favour. 1707, June 3rd. N.S. Mons r D'Allonne to the same. Dated at the Hague. The writer notes that in future the acquittances of his pension arc to be filled in with the name of Mr. Compton whom he congratulates on his new employment. 1707, Augt. yttt • Lord Gallway to the same. Dated at Bellpuig. " I heartily wish y°u joy of your new employment [as Treasurer of the Queen's Bounties] w ch will give me from time to time the occasion of troubling you in the behalf of the poor widows that are now under y r care. I enclose to you a List of some of the chiefest objects of Charity, w ch I hope will come under no exception, in case there be any alteration made in the establisht list, their husbands having been killed in this Service. I add to this list an old infirm Lady t' would be a charity & great satisfaction to her if her pension was altered in her Grandaugbter's name. The Lord Treasurer [Godolphin] has been often troubled in fav r of Mr. Genrault, for a pension suitable to his employm* in the King's service. I thought by Mr. Nicholas's letters that these things had been settled, her Ma tv doing me the honour to allow of my recommendations in these matters." 1727, Augt. Torp. Horatio Walpole to Robert Walpole. Dated at Paris and unaddressed. Endorsed at a later date " M r Walpole to S r Rob* Walpole." [This letter has been misplaced.'] "Dear Brother — The enclosed is worth notice at this time of day when alterations are making at this Court to show that the Cardinal designs to make none w th regard to measures, of the Union w th England; as I have hinted in my dispatch to the D[uke] of Newcastle ; but I did not think litt to send it as part of my dispatch because the person that writes it speakes of you & me in a manner too personall for me to send it directly to the King; thd I thought it necessary to observe that the Jacobites despair entirely of doing anything \\ th the Cardinal ; His Eminence in my last Conversation w th him took notice of the publick news mentioning my Lord Chesterfeild was to come hither as minister; ami enter'd with me a good deal into his L r(1 P s Character, and seemed to think that a person of his youth witt & vivacity, Avas not the properest minister to treat w lh one of his Eminence's age, meekness, & sedate- ness, but I assured him that I knew nothing of his coming hither, altho I could not conceal from him my desire of going home ; he replyed he HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 333 hoped not, till the general! pacification was finished; I must not omitt telling you that 1 do not regard, (after what you hinted to me) wliat the publick prints say about his L"P < Embassy hither; but I can tell you for certain that M r Arbuthnotl the Banker here, lias lately received from his Brother tin' Doctor advice thai L rf Cheat erf eild spoke to the Doctor himselfe to write to him & to tell him that he should want his assistance in settling his family here, & providing things necessary for it because il would be very large; this the Banker has sayd as what the Doctor had wrote to him more than once; 1 am y rs most affect &c. II. Walpole. [P.S. The] Pretender has been at Lorrain & I believe is returned again to Italy." 1707, Nov. 6tht Lord Godolphin to Lord Townshend. LTnaddn 1. My Lord. The Queen being now fully at Liberty to follow her own inclinations in disposing of the place of Capt n of the Yeoman of the Guard to your Lt\ She has commanded nice to acquaint yon, that she is ready to give it you, as soon as ever you come to town ; a:nl a; far as it consists with your own Convenieney, I should think the sooner, the better, in such a cms,', as this is; My inclinations have always been very sincere to serve y r li'' whenever it was in my Power, & if the success I have had in this affair bee agreeable to yon, it will bee a very great Satisfaction to " My Lord V 1 Lp s most obedient humble serv 1 Godolphin." 170S, June 12th. N.S. Lord Gallway to Spencer Compton. Dated at Lisbon. Thanking the latter for the care he takes of those persons recommended to his protection by the writer, and asking for a copy of the list of pensioners that has been signed by the Queen. [1708?] July 21st. Lord Dartmouth to Lord Townshend. Dated at. Queen's Square, Westminster. " My dear Lord, I know you will have goodnes enough to pardon my puting your Li' in mind of an honor (you were so kind to tell me last Winter) you intended to doe my poor famillie in standing Godfather to my next Child, which is now come to light, and is so larg a Boy that f have some thoughts of making him a Bishop (if the High Church last lon^- enough). My Lady Halifax has promised to doe me the Honor to bo Godmother and 1 will lett you know the tother Godfather, as soon as 1 know it my self but tritely 1 have troubled SO many people upon the like occation, that for that and another good Reason which you will easily gess, 1 am resolved to have no more Children, 1 thanke God I have but one Giile, to three Boys, which is some comfort. Pray let me know who you will appoint to be your proxy and believe me My dear 61 Lord with great Obligation and Truth your Lord-hips Most, affectionate Faithful! Humble Servant I > \i: i m. >i in." 1 70s. Sept. 28th. John Turner "To His Royal I Highness George Prince of Denmark." Enclosed in an outer cover, addressed "To The Hon bv M 1 ' Boyle Secretary off State alt his office att th • ( ockpTtl Whitehall." o34 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. On the outer cover is the following memorandum: — " Putt into the Gen 1 Pennv Post office in Broad Streett by M r Tumor." The writer offers his services to Prince George in very mysterious language. He would appear to have been either a lunatic or an Alchemist. 1708, Oct. 8th, N.S. Lord Gallway to Spencer Compton. Dated at Lisbon. . " I writ to you some time since to recommend to your favour Gap la Motte Blaguy. ... I take the liberty to give you the trouble of this to desire you will be pleased to encourage and countenance the said Cap* la Motte, in what may relate to the Widows and other Ladies to whom the Queen has granted pensions upon my recommendation, he being a very fit person to manage that affair." . . . 1708, Dec. 13th. Robert Britiffe, M.P., to Lord Townshend. Un- addressed. « Norfolke att present affords us little news. All things are easy & people satisfyed with the new Parliament. I heare some of our Suffolke Members like their own Country neighbours better then the- conversation of the present H. of Commons & are come to keep their Christinas in the Country. S r J[ame]s Preston was buried the last 'night, Mr F. Neave of Eingland the last week, & Mr Suckling the week before. Our new High Sherriff is not yet sworne nor lined, an Under Sherriff my Friend Mr Churchman is obliged io your Lordship for your kindness to him " 1709, March 15th. A. Wyndhamto the same. Unaddressed. " My Lord, Since y 1 ' writing one this day, I hear the Lords without much bustle, & without any Division have passt sentence on the three last Articles; and have agreed on the following Question to be debafl 3 to- morrow the Tories reserving to themselves a liberty of altering it if they think fit. That the Commons having made good the Articles of Inrpeachm* ag st !)'• S[acheverell] he is guilty of a high Crime and Misdemean 1 . Instead of an Act to prevent such Doctrines as S' s for the future, there will be an injunction to all the Clergy, not to meddle with the Toleracon, Admlnistracon & Politicks. I am Y r Excellency's most devot d &c. A. Wjndham." 1709, May 27th. Samuel Fuller to Lord Townshend. Unaddressed. Dated at Yarmouth. Congratulating his Lordship on his appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary at the Hague, asking whom he shall support as a representative of the borough in Parliament in the place of Colonel Townshend recently deceased, and suggesting that Horatio Walpole bould stand for Yarmouth. 1709, June 18th, N.S. Draft of a letter from Horatio Walpole to Samuel Fuller in answer to the last. 1709 June 18th, N.S. Draff of a letter from the same folds " Uncle Walpole." , , With reference to a M r Gibbons whom the latter has recommended to Lord Townshend aa a clerk. As Lord Townshend's stay at the Hague is uncertain & as on the conclusion of a peace the young gentleman would HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMIJ [ON. again be adrift the writer cannot em biro to come over. The writer has been kindly recommended by M 1 ' Puller to Lord TWnshend '"" i as proper representative for Yarmouth in the place of Collonel Townshend and lias good hope of auccesa if his relatione •••ill join their endeavours to Lord Townshend's. Same dale Draft of a letter from the same to hia Brother Robert. It concludes : — " 1 remember [tin-] L* d Treasurer upon M r Cr; acquainting him thai his L^p's recommendation sec[u]redni the borough where M r Harnage is elected named me, but when M r Cragge fairly made the expence the Objection his L rd p Bhew'd an inclination to make that easy, but upon notice thai none but M r Harnage could carry it, that matter drop'd what may be properly done this way ] leave entirely to your discretion however. 1 am willing to goc as far as 10 >/. or so to serve the Queen in Parliament as Manwariflg say-." 1709, July 24th. Robert .Mann to Horatio Walpole. Datedin London and addressed "To Horatio Walpole Esq re at the Right lion' 1 " the Lord Vis ' Townsheiids in the Hague." Introducing a gentleman (not named) and mentioning that "Lady Townshend comes next week.", 1709, Augt. 1th. The same to the same. Addressed as tho last. "Sir— By your Uncles Command: lam to desire you to petition my Lord Townshend : in behalf of one M r Hackwell: who the Col 1 hath sometime since recommended to his Ldsp for a Yeoman of Her M:ij ties Guard: and which his Lordship promts' d to think of. but his Grace the Duke of Leeds interfer'd in the last Vacancy : but now there's another and which M r Poyntz will give him an Account of: tis y r uncles earnest Request my Lord will be pleased to provide for him and thai you'l let me know his Pleasure that i may signifie ii to Hackwell. I hope My Lady and her Family gotl safe to the Hague." 1709, Augt. 7th. D r C. Roderick to the same. Dated at Kings College Cambridge, and addressed " To the worthy Horace Walpole Esq r at His Excellency the L' 1 Townshend's, Hague." The writer explains what he has done in the matter of getting Chr. Perm Edwards, who was 11 years old and in the 2 nd Form, on to the Eton Foundation. The postscript is as follows—-' When I came home last night from Eton the bearer Mr. Perkins Fellow of S* John's <& v country man came to offer me this oppertunity being to go Chaplain to the Marquisse of Caerruarthen in his new experiment-ship." Otb f 1709, Augt.. , mli . Spencer Compton to the same. Dated in Lond and unaddressed. The court Marriage I mentioned in my last Letter is not yet owifd, but 1 c 1 never hear any reason for making it a secret ; The Dean of Windsor is made Bi' of Chichester, and D' Robinson succeeds him as Dean of Windsor." 1709, Augt. 11th. It. Wither to the same. Dated al Alresford. "We got a Sixteenth place [on the Lion foundation Election-Bill] which if it happens this year will be soon enough, if nol I hope we shall have a forward one the next, for Dur reputation in the Sehoole is very good." 1709, Augt. 16th. A. Windham to Lord Townshend. "My Lord,-— M r Payne is dead, and j 1] suppose y r LordP will have abundance of Solicitations ab f ii. Mr. Kendall writes me word that he 33G HISTOTIICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. has put in his claim; Major Houghton too has some hopes from his own necessity. & your -wonted goodness to him. There will he no occasion for a clerk till Mic 9 Sessions, and I believe. No body w d be more generally acceptable than my Unckle." .... 1709, Sept. 16th. From J. [or. S.] Houghton in London to Horatio Walpole at the Hague. " Sir — I ought sooner to have apply'd to you & crav'd your friendship & interest in moving my Lord in my Behalf for the Office of Clerk of the Peace for Norf : void by the death of Mr. Payn." 1 709, Sept f 57^. Spencer Compton in London to the same at the Hague. I hope Madame Guirand has before this time been with you, to return you thanks for sollicking in her behalf, the Warr 1 for her Pension is signed I heartily congratulate with you the great Victory the D. of Marlborough has obtained, though a great deal of pains is taken to lessen it here. I suppose you have heard of L d Gower's death, but I am sure the Dutchess of Beaufort's must be News, for she was brought to Bed yesterday of a Sou, and dy'd this Morning. 1709, Oct. 3rd, N.S. Cap 1 John Massey to the same. From the Camp at the Siege of Mons. "The first day 1 mounted the Trenches Major Mortimer that Superseded me was kill'd, Notwithstanding I dont find that Vacancy will be any advantage to me or any of the Second Officers. Coll. Clayton is dangerously wounded in eye. Our Regim 4 has already very much Suffered." 1709, Oct. ISth. Robert Atwood to Lord Townshend. — "I yester- day received advices from Yarmouth [about a contest at the approach- ing municipal election.] M r Fuller & M r Luson at the same time advised me that Capt. Milleson was just then expiring and desired I would wait on Col 1 Walpole to know if his place at the Fort was secured for Capt. Spooner." 1710, March 3rd, N.S. John Vallance to Horatio Walpole. From London. The writer this day sent M r Walpole's Peru(|ue, to the care of M r Gilbert Black, Merchant at "Rotterdam, and has requested the latter to forward it. As he has taken all possible care hi choice of hair as well as of fashion he hopes M r Walpole will like it. 1710, April 5th. Edward Hopkins to Horatio Walpole. Dated in London and addressed " To Horatio Walpole, Esq r , at M r Secretary Boyle's office at the Cock Pitt." " tis in behalf of one M 1 ' Dubois who has some time serv'd the government at Brill." 1710, April 11th. James Barbon to the same. Dated in London and addressed " For Horatio Wallpoole Esq r w th the Eight hon Ue the Lord Townshend at the Hague." " Sir, By my L d Duke of Boltons Comands You have the trouble of this, who desires the favo r of You to give the Enclosed the Spediest Conveyance You can to Coll. Crofts." 1710, April 22nd, N.S. James Craggs to the same at the Hague. . . . "M r Stanhope & I arrived at Frankfort the 19 th ins*, he went away the same d;iy by the Avay of Swisserland, I was obliged to stay for im chaise \v cL I had left to be mended G post* of, & w ch came up next HIST01UCAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 337 morning. I intend to take Venice in my way, & hope to moot my ( Master at Genoa aboul the 5 th of next month." .... 1710, April 26th, O.S. Peter Affarescoe at Rotterdam to the Bame, addressed " For Hieroe Warpoole Esq r at the Right Honorable the Lord Townsend Plenipotentiary from Her Majesty of Great Britain — Inn Hague." •Sir, This morning the Baron de Weltez set? oul for Berne in Switzer- land ; 1 am now going, to make the best of my way, for the Brill hopeing to save this Pacquet ; I shall acquaint Robert Pnngle, Esq* of the five guinneys rece'ved (t'rom you) so soon as I come to London.'* 1710, May 2nd. dames Pelham to the same. Endorsed " M r Pelham tamp before Douay, May the 2* Red : May the 6°*." " Dear Horace, .... I am convinced you intend to keep your promise of making me a great man I waited on M r Cardonell by his discourse to me I did not find I was likely to succeed so soon as I think it convenient at this time, he spoke to me of a Company in an old core w ch with the Liberty of disposing [of] my own Comission would enable me to buy a Troop of Dragoons." 1710, May 20th. James Calthorpe " To M r Thomas Ward att Rayn- harn in Norfolke — by S waff ham Bagg." On business. Dated in London and franked by Horatio Walpole (M.P. for Lostwithiel). 1710, June 15th. Robert Mann to Horatio Walpole. Dated in London, and addressed : " To Horatio Walpole, Esq., Secretary to the Embassy at the Hague." The writer acknowledges a money draft, and says : " I shall not give any Account of the new Revolutions ; presuming y r Brother the Treasurer this post writes [to you]." ** 1710, July 12th. Lord Cornwallis to the same. Dated at Brome. . . . . " pray send me word whether you come over next winter and if you doe not think this Nation is not run mad. You can not expect any news from hence haveing ben out of town this month my wife gives her Service to you [and 1] pray mine to your Master." 1710, July — . Capt. Edward Harrison to the same. Dated at ' J 18tli ' Amsterdam and addressed to " Monsieur Walpole, Secretair de l'Am- bassade chez son Excellance My Lord Tounshend ambassadeur de J. a Grande Brittagne at La Ilaye." •• At my arrivall here from the East Indies on the 5 th Inst,, I came up to this Ci'ttv in hopes to hear of my Brothers but in vain and hearing that you are at the Hague whom 1 remember to have seen often among them' makes me take this freedom desiring you will favour nie with a Line or two [to tell me] where they are and how they doe. He to whom the Inclos'd is directed was formerly at sea with me and I heard in India that he had a commission in Coll' 11 Hils regiment pray S r doc me the favour to enquire if he is in Flanders and send him this by the first post if we are not soon call'd away I intend to come and thank you at the Hague and desire you will command me anything in my way." 1710 [Augt?]. Colonel John Harbord to Horatio Walpole. Dated at "Hell Voet Sluys Sunday Noon." Addressed "To the Hon''' Horace Walpole Esq* Secretary to his Excellence the Lord Townshend at the Hague." U 24953. Y 338 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. " D r Secretary, After my humble harty and most affectionate Duty to my ever Hon rd Lord & Ma[ste]r Our good L d Lieuten* her Ma ties Great Ambas- - ad 1 and Countrys i' rd w th all the acknowldgm 19 1 am capable of making, w ch I must leave & recomend to Yo r Friendship &c. &c. I must not forget Yo r great Kindness to me both in my goeing and returning. And to desire Yow if my good Lord continues his thoughts of sending any Renish to drinck her Maties health & his Lord s P & the Peace and pros- perity of these kingdoms together \v th Our Allyes &c. I pray let it be sent to M r Archibald Hoop Merch* on de Having Vliet at Rotterdam. I herewith send an Old 20 p. of Gold desiring Youl gratifye Yo r Clark for my Pass and give the rest to his Lord 8 ? 3 Butler. I have Nothing to ad but that I came of 10 how 18 to late for the fleet wherein was a Yorkshire Ma r ste]r [who] w d ha set me probably but this time neerGunton where if it shall please "We get safe home & Youl be soe kind [as] to call Youl very Much Oblidge, Yo r True friend & Serv* J. Harbord." 1710, Augt. 26. The same to the same. Dated at Grinley, and addressed as the last. " D r Bro : Sinner, This must in y e first place return my very affectionat as well as humble Duty and Service to his Excelencie Our good L d and Mast r her Ma tea Plena? Potenciary in this Critical Junct re , w ch is all I dare say, &c. Nor must I omit my harty thanks for y e hono r & favour I rec d from his Lp and to Yo 1 ' Self for yo r very friendly care and kindnesse and helping me forward, but y e Days Pleasure I had at the Hague lost me my Passage in y e Fleet w ch I came of[f] 10 how 1 ' 3 short of. And the Packet I came over in (y e Eagle) being the worst Sayler of all v e five was soe Neer being taken by a fr[ench Privateer] of 14 or 16 o-uns, as he had his Boat in y e Tackle to com aboard us, and soe small hopes remaind of escaping Dunkerk — as divers Gent, disposed of gold to a sort of Cormor[an]t Damzel who really s\vall[owe]d it as fast as we have seen Jugl[e]rs play w th balls or She s wall [owe] d 12 Span[ish] Pistol [e]s of one Gent. & besides w* she took in of others, a Diamond ring w th div rs Stones of an Ancient Ladys, went y e same way. She offered me much Kindnesse that way but that Little I had left being sno-ao-ed, I left y 6 Cabbin full of that Sort of buisynesse, and was the only Gent! Passeng 1 ' admitted on y e Deck, to see y e Sport. I must own I had rather chose to ha ben w th my gun in a fur close — tho w th out Brechess, but preferd y e fresh Aire, rather than dying in a hole, soe I had the pleasure of seeing all y e Sport, such as t'was & That it pleased God to aive us a longer time. For our Ma[ste]r & Gunner & Doct r being- perfect Mast™ of sayling & all Working like true English Men, w th the Ships Crew, having in a few Mom ts strained all their Canvas & by the help of Oars turnd y e Ships head a differ[en]t course to that ye fr[ench] Man was running vppon us : in that very inst*, it pleased God to send so* fresh a Gale, as before y e fr[ench] could bring their Ship about, he could bring No more Guns to bear on us, then he had bestowd before. We had y e hono r to give y e first gun, For w ch y e ball going Pretty Near, aft r a Short Pause he gave us 4, and we returned two, being y e rest of our Little broad Side : w ch he gave us 3 or 4 for, whereof one brusht Our Main Mast, & so We parted — & soon after the Wind rose- very high, and a dismal Night it was, w th Rain alsoe but it blew directly for us, w" h was another Signal Evidence of Gods care of us. Having, to Lighten Our Ship for runing whilst y e Privat[ee]r was coming on us, HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. fjof) thrown over Most if not all our Stones [ballast]. Ami I have I thank God found No ill Effects of lying east 1- Rights, whereof y » last Wett, having given my Cabbin Most of y" time to an Ancient Decayd Gent. woman. And I verily believe a true Religious good Woman, And that her Prayers contributed not a Little Towards Our Preservacon. As to my IVtieon That if by My Life I might contribute towards \" Peace & Welfare of my Country anil continue my care of j* Poor Might be Acceptable to God, I des[ire]d to Live, ami 1 know little else earnestly to Pray for. I suppose our good L'h as heard I have yielded to the Importunity of his LP" Relations & friends, Tho 1 dure say No care or Temperance, Can Preserve my old Cotage in London. If You can Excuse this trouble, & what Follows w' h is to pray Youl make y e best enquiry you conveniently can at Yo r Leasure, ami send me J T answer. M r Gylby y° own r of y e Sunck is my Next Neighb r here, and Particul r friend, as his Grandfather Cole Gylby was — & Govern 1, of New Work [Newark ?] in y e Rebellion in Car 1 st time & died Dp. Govern 1 " of Hull, in Car 2 d time and is a very worthy deserving honest Whig. Our great Du[ke] Enq[uire]d after our good L d & Mast™ health last Munday & yesterday drunk it very heartily w th y° s d M r Gylby; at honest M r Thornhags, & I am Sincerely Y r true Lov r & Ser* Jo. Harbord." [Enclosed in a Description of " the Sunk," an Island in the Humber, of about 2,000 acres, situated about ten miles below Hull. It is for sale, and the writer states it is rapidly growing larger through fresh deposits of earth]. 1710, Sept. 11th. Samuel Fuller to Lord Townshend. Dated at Yarmouth and addressed "These — To His Excellency The L d Vise 1 Townshend Her Majesty of Gr e Britains Ambassador At [the] Hague. —Paid 3 d ." About Election matters. The writer is heartily engaged in the interest of M r Windham and Colonel Harbord. 1710, Sept. 22nd. The same to the same. Unsigned. " My Lord — I writ to your LordP last post giving you a full ace* of our County affairs, and recommending to your Excellency the writing a letter of thanks to John Berney of Westwick Esq re who is zealous for us to the last degree ; and who is a Gentleman worth the endeavouring to secure in the Whig Interest the Honour of such a letter from your LordP will be taken most kindly and affix him to our party. Whereas on the other hand, if he should leave us Negus vV he w d joyn, fling out Preston and carry a great body of men away that are now with us. His Brother's [Richard Berney's] standing for Norwich is an unlucky buissness at this time, for it forces him to act for the Tory- in the citty. Councell 1- Britiffe rides for us from house to house under Sir Jacob's [Sir Jacob Astley's] own nose ; & I hear from good hands thai Serjeant Wells will come at the head of 30 men from Bury. We are in daily Expectation of the dissolution but our Election here [Norfolk] cannot be before the 11 th of October. I am v 1 ' Excellencys most obedient " &c." [P.S.] Young Knight the Flegg Lieuten* to Cap" Symonds has flung up his Commission, because wee opposed his being a Commissioner of tin Tax at Ferriers instance. Captain Symonds desires it may he given as soon as y r LordP please, to Thomas Cooper Jun r a good man." Y 2 340 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Masqobss 1711, Feb. 13th. Alexander Cunningham to Lord Townshend. ToW mss ENI) Unsigned. Dated at Venice. * ' " " yesterday we had the cutting [off] the bull's head and the fireworks performed w* great solemnitie, and on Sunday we are to have a bull beating in the palace ... Our Merch ts tell me the taking of Minorca is fatal to them .... in teen days think to goe for Koine where I shall want for your Ex cles Commands. My Lord Lonsdale gives his most humble service to your Ex clio and trulie has behaved himself niightie well this Carn[iva]l in all respects. I'm extreamlie pleased w 4 him. 1711, Feb. 20th. The same to Horatio Walpole. Dated at Venice and addressed "A Monsieur Mons 1 ' Hor° Walpool Secretair de Sa Maj tie Britanique chez My Lord Townshend a la Hay Holland." M r Molesworth came hither last week and next week is to set out for Florence We think to stay a fort- night longer. 1713, Jan. 2nd. Joshua Beadle to Lord Townshend, from London, addressed to Lord Townshend at Raynham Hall. The writer has agreed to purchase for his Lordship six chances in the present lottery at three guineas each chance. 1713, July 25th. Edward Ashe to the same, from London. Con- gratulations on his Lordship's marriage. 1713, Augt. 18th. Charles [Trimnell] Bishop of Norwich to the same. The writer's wife presented him with a son on the 1 st inst. ''My Lord Sommers and My Lord Cowper did me the honour to stand for him." l7|f, Feb. 23rd. Thomas de Grey to Lord Townshend. Dated at Me r ton. ..." Ar[thur] Branthwayte tells me he acquainted y 1 ' Lordship with his desires to gett into the Parliament House, that you were pleased to encourage him in it & that upon his failing at Castle Rising you told him you thought some double election might be made, when he might be brought in upon the second choice 1715, April 30th. John Fleetwood, Consul at Naples, to " The Right Hon ble the Lord Vicount Townshend his Majesties principal Secretary of State.— Whitehall." The writer begs his Lordship's acceptance "of a Cask of Lachrimas " and if the vintage had been better he would have also sent some of Horace's Falernian. 1715, July 28th. Thomas Parker to the same. Unaddressed. Hopes Mr. Grovenor may have the command of one of the troops of horse of the Staffordshire Militia Cap* Levinge Sir Richard's son [a relation of the writer's] should certainly ba taken care of the first opportunity and have a pension in the mean time he has been 10 years a Capt. always at his Post, stands first in the list of those recommended by Brigadier Gore. . . . 1715, Sept. 11th. Lord Cornwallis to the same. Unaddressed. Enclosing letters. 1715, Sept, 23rd. R. B. to Tobias Jenkins, M.P. for York. Dated at Blyth and directed " To Toby Jenkins Esq re Member of Parliament at M r Hardings a Book sellors In — S 4 Martins Lane — London — Free." "I have yours of the 17 Instant, your Frank was struck out & 4 d Charge Postage Davidson's Roguery in delaying HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION'. 341 finishing the [Salt-]Pan has broke my measures of coming to London Habqvssi nt Michaelmas]. S. telle me Burdon is to pay bu( 28 p tun for his & jS"™ my Salt, Bunion has loaded 100 Tun last weeke with you the price I know not — depend upon it I can settle B Track' to make 40" p Tun all the yeare round tis said S r Jn° Delavall is going 10 London by my L[onl] Scarborough's request & will be made Deputy Governor to Tyn Mouth Castle the truth I know not .... Divers Reegm ts gon for Scotland what the Event of that will he God knowes. — 1 am y r Faithfull Friend & humble Ser 1 R. B. [P.S.] It'youl come doune by Sea, I will goe up to London with you by Sea, when you return, if I can possibly do it. P.S. Morpeth — Just now Mr Lambert is come to Tom Mam. I got him privateley to ask if my Lord design'd for Lincoln sheire this winter. He saves my Lord will not stirr this winter from Widder- ington. 1715, Sept. 21th. Sir Samuel Molyneux to Lord Townshend. Dated at S' James's. Application having been made to His R.H. the Prince for a Giant of the Office of Chamberlain of Caernaervonshire, Merionethshire and Anglesey in North Wales to be made during Pleasure to M r Warburton of Chester, when the said Office should become Grantable by His R.H. and His Royal Highness being desirous to comply with the said Request if His Patent for the Principality of Wales were pass'd, M r Warburton has not thought fitt to make application to his Majesty for the Same although the affairs of the Country do require the Immediate Constitu- tion of such an Officer without produceing an Assurance to your Lord- ship that it is agreable to the Prince's desire that he should have the Employment. .Is therefore directed by His Royal Highness to let your Lordship know that he doth entirely approve of the said M* Warbur- ton's applying to his Majesty for the Grant of the said Office During His Majesty's Pleasure and hopes your Lordship will give him your Assistance and Protection therein. Same date. A letter from the University of Cambridge to the same. Thanking his Lordship for having procured for the University a grant from the King of the library of the late Bishop of Ely [D r John Moore.] Signed by the Vice-Chancellor the Rev. Thomas Sherlock (afterwards, successively, Bishop of Bangor, Salisbury, and London), and by Robert Grove, Registrar of University. 1715, Sept. 27th. William Prestland to the same. Unaddressed. . . . . " Col. Wodehous[e] sent me this morning how poor M r L'Estrange is dead & with great earnestness begs your favour for M 1 ' Roger L'Estrange his son." 1715, Oct. 4th. Copy of Lord Townshend's reply to the University of Cambridge. His Lordship acknowledges the above letter, and promises to embrace every opportunity of testifying Ins affection for the University. 1715, Nov. 28th. Lord Sta well to the same. Unaddressed, dated at Aldermaston. The writer, who is afflicted with the gout, begs his Lordship* permis- sion to write to Lord " Boolingbrooke " on the tatter's private affairs, and to give him an account of the favours that Lord Townshend had shown to Lady Bolingbroke. 342 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1715, Dec. 26th. Earl of Portland to the same. Dated at S* James's Square, and unaddressed. My Lord — 1 hope y 1 ' LordP will excuse my not having obey'd y r Commands sooner, in sending this to y r House. Some familly busines, which now is over has prevented me ; When I had the honour to see you last in the Drawing Roome, I told y 1 ' Lord? that I desir'd not to change my name, but beeing oblig'd to chuse one by which my son must be call'd, that I had chose that of Titchfield ; I desire y r LordP will give all the dispatch you can to this matter, as you was pleas'd to promise you would, & you'll extreamly oblige him, who is with sincerity & respect, — My Lord — Your LordP s — Most obed* & most humble servant Portland. Note. The writer was created Duke of Portland and Marquis of Titchfield in the following July. 1716, July 5th. Edward Southwell to Spencer Compton. From Whitehall. " S r — I am commanded by my Lord President to desire you would attend at S l James's tomorrow at 12 a Clock, in order to your being Sworn of his Ma*? 3 most Hon ble Privy Council." 17|y, Feb. 27th. Defeazance from S r Lambert Blackwell to the Lord Carpenter for 2000 H in the loan to the Emperor — Coppy. " Know all Men by these Presents that I S r Lambert Blackwell of S l James's Westminster Kut do hereby for me my Executors & Ad- ministrators acknowledge and declare that so far as the sum of twenty two thousand Guilders Currant Money of Amsterdam in the Emperor's loan in Holland, in my name and under the Care of M r George Clifford & Co. of Amsterdam is for the proper account and risque of the hon ble Lieut. Gen 11 George Carpenter, & was by his order pay'd for out of the produce of two thousand pounds Bank Annuities." 1718, July 1st. Spencer Compton to . Draft. Unaddressed. Dated in St. James's Square. " S r — I have received y 1 ' Letter of the 18 th of June, with the several Papers inclosed with it ; The F^act is so clearly stated by M r Jodrell that I can add nothing to it ; & I conceive that I am no proper Judge of the reasonableness of the Demand, the Speaker never having had, that I know of, any Inspection or Controll over the Bills of the Serjeant at Arms. This I beg you to represent to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. I am with the greatest respect etc. S. Compton." Note. M r Paul Jodrell's Report to the Treasury in favour of the Serjeant-at-Arms' Memorial (claiming payment of certain fees for arresting and keeping in custody Matthew Prior) will be found in the printed Calendar of Treasury Papers under the date 8 May 1718. The above letter was evidently written in obedience to the following Treasury Minute: — " 13 June 1718. Desire M r Speaker to give my Lords his opinion as to the reasonableness of this demand [of M r Thomas Wiburg, Serjeant-at-Arms]." 1720, Sept. 28th. William Gordon to . Dated at Paris and unaddressed. To advise that the writer is forwarding, through M r Arbuthnot at Rouen, a small box addressed to Mr George Ouchterlony containing four wigs made by Mons r Broussin, and that the writer has paid for the wigs 220 francs. historical mamsckii-ts commission-. 343 17H',', Jan. 1st. Lord Conningsby to Lord Townshend. Unaddressed. m Dated al "hampton Court in berifordsheir." The writer bega Lord Townshend to prosecute one Edward Wither- ston, who has been pricked for sheriff of Herefordshire, as he is a notorious Jacobite; and the writer states thai be has forwarded to bis Majesty in Council affidavits "to prove him guilty of an insurrection if not a Rebellion." 172], May 21st. Lord Carpenter to the same. Begging his Lordship (<> procure the removal of the attachment thai has been laid on some monies in the hands of Sir Lambert Black well, the monies really belong to the writer. 1721, June 8th. Lord Findlater to the same. Dated at Edinburgh and unaddressed. " My Lord — I doubt not hot Your Lop lies ane accompt from the Duke of Argylof our proceedings att the election the Earl of Aberdeen lies earied the return in his favours by a majority of five, hot ther are- several objections made against the titels and qualifications of no manic of thos [who] voted for him that I believe that matter may yet be re- hired in the house of Lord's and concerning this a full memorial will be sent, the Earl of Eglintoun would unquestionablie [have] prevailed hot that [the] E. of Aberdeen had preingadged mannie befor the E. Eglintoun sett upp and al the English Lords sent ther Proxies and h for Aberdeen ; the torie Lords wer also pre - * ailed upon by the late E. of Carnwath, M r Lock of Carnwath and M r Munk who used al ther inter- est and influence for Aberdeen hot in a general election I am certain the Duke of Argyl would have a considerable Majoritie, it is lyke the Squad may misrepresent my voting for [the] E. of Eglintoun bot I had no directions from the King or his Ministrie to doe for either and as I told Your Lop when 1 had tbe honour to wait of You the D of Argyl lies given me full assuranses of his friendship and [the] E of Eglintoun is my near relation. I am sure I sha ever be most dutiful to His Majestic and His Government and ther was fullie as manic who have posts in the Government that voted for [the] E of Eglintoun as ther wer of the voters for [the] E [of] Aberdeen I relie upon Your Lop['s] protection to me in my absence and You shall ever command what service is in my power and wishing Your Lop al success and prosperitie in your admi- nistration I am." . . . 1721, Sept. 12th. Charles Lovell to the same. From Dover. After acquainting his Lordship with the intestine Divisions iv_ Com- motions into which this Corporation is plunged since the Election of Mi Berkeley & Mr Furnesse, the writer goes on : — "I Have Endeavoured to behave with all the Prudence that possable I could in this Atlair; but I know, that I have been represented to the Duke of Dorset, w cb am sorry for; altho' can't help it. On Monday morning my Lord; a Gentleman sailed in the Eagle Pacq* Boat with a Fine Gale of wind at S.W". for Osfend. I soon perceived that he had a Mind to go of ha Cogg ; by a Messenger I sent to him ; So 1 never waited upon him, nor don't know his name, nor did 1 take any notice of his going of, to the l'oit Blaster General in my Daiary, As I can never think of y r Lordshipp, without being filled with a due Sence of y r Goodness to me ; So I Humbly hope that it will alwaeie be beleived that Nobody can be more perfectly devoted to joi> Lord- shipps Service than (My Lord) — yo 1 ' Most Dutiful J & mosl obedient Humble Servent, Cha. Lovell." 344 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1722, June 7th. Duke of Somerset to Spencer Compton. Unad- dressed. The Duke congratulates Mr Compton on his Election for the County of Sussex, and sends his humble duty to the Prince of Wales. He has given orders to the Keepers io Hampton Court Harte Park to obey Mr Compton's " warrants to kill twelve Brace of Fawnes and six Brace of Fat Bucks this Season for the Prince's Service." 1722, Sept. 22nd. Sir David Bulkeley to . Dated at Burgate near Fordingbridge and unaddressed. Refers to commands lately received from M r Walpole. 1722, Sept. 25th. Edward Nicholas to Spencer Compton. Dated at " Spring Garden " and unaddressed. " Sir, — I met accidentally with M r Feilding who said Something as if there might he Something like an Opposition w u the house meets on the Choice of a Speaker, this makes me trouble you with this to let you know that tho I set out to morrow for the West I will be back before that day, and if such a thing is suspected I should be glad you would let me know it, that I might use my lit'tle interest with some of my Westerne Acquaintance to prevail with them, to doe as I am sure I will who am." 1723, Dec. 23 rd . N.S. Thomas Crawford " To the R* Hon ble Robert Walpole Esq re Secretary of State &c." Dated at Paris and endorsed " Mr Crawford— Dec r 23 d N.S. 1723— Rec d Dec. 16 th O.S." Private letter — " Sir — Your Brother writes to you and to My Lord Townshend so fully the state of things here that I shall only take the liberty by this occasion to joyn my opinion of 'em in general with his, that in all human probability, this Court will not only att present goe on in concert with us towards the establishing the publick tranquillity of Europe with the same warmth that it did before the D[uke] of Orleans' death, but likewise seek to live in a particular friendship and good understanding with us, at le[a]st for some yea*"S, which I hope will be all we shall want of em to putt us in a condition of being as indifferent about the continuation of it as they may be. I beg leave to return you my humble acknowledgements for the goodness you have been pleas'd to showe me in ordering the payment of my little arrears att the Treasury, of which Mr [Horatio] Walpole lias given me no;ice, and to assure you that I shall endeavour all my lifetime to merit the continuation of your favour and protection, by acquitting myselfe in the best manner 1 can as an honest man in the discharge of any trust that may be given me, and by a most sincere and grateful! attachment to you and your family which has engaged me by the strongest motives. I am with the greatest respect — Sir — Your most humble and most devoted servant Tho. Ckawford." 1724, Augt. 20th. Stephen Poyntz to Lord Townshend. A letter on trust matters. It concludes : — " I have at last gott letters from the Capt" of the Portmahone who is at the Nore and (as he says) ready. I hope to wait on your L d P about the middle of next week for m) Credentials & Instructions and to embark on Monday sennight if possible." HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, 345 172.J, Jan. 20th. A memorandum : — Eteced at the Rxcheq* this 20 th D,._\ of Jan r > IT-,' for the It 1 U the L d Visco* Townshend'a one Quarter's secret service doe at X ttBM 750 : : <> last p d at the Treasury - 1 1 ,, Auditors - 4 Id ii „ Pells - - 2 16 6 ,, Tellers - - 11 5 Civil List Tax [at 5 per cent] 18 1"> . 3»: il : (> 711 : 6 — 1 : 18 2 6 2 : 15 6 5 6 : 2 : 2 7 6 17-'-,', March 12th. A memorandum: Fees for Passing the R l IIon ble the Lord Viscount Townshend'a New Privy Seal for 100G H Secret Service. Signet Office - Office Keeper Privy Seal Office Office Keeper Stamps Treasury Stamps for the Warrant £13 10 6 L 725, May 11th. Dr. Samuel Knight to Spencer Compton. Dated at Ely and addressed. . ..." I am going forward with the life of Erasmus, intending to make it as perfect as possibly I can especially as to that part of it that he spent in England .... I did hope to have had my book out of the presse before August but materials increasing upon me & having several Beads engraven from the paintings of Holben which are lodged in several distant places I tear it will not be ready long before the next meeting of the Parlement " 172.3, May 12th. Mrs. S. Ibbot to the same. Dated at Shadwell and unaddressed. Begging Mr. Compton to subscribe for a copy of Mr. Ibbof s sermons. 1725, May 22nd. John Tabor to the same. Dated at Lewes, and addressed "To The Right IIon ble Spencer Compton Speaker of the House of Commons humbly present these." Requesting Mr. Compton to recommend the hearer, Mr. Norton to the Duke of Dorset as a tenant for his Grace's farm at Hangleton. L725, May 29th. The Duke of .Montagu to the same. Addressed 4< To the Right honorable S' Spencer Compton.* il Sir, 1 take it to be a Duty incumbent on me to acquaint you that the ancient I J it • -s in conferring the knighthood of the Lath, whereby each Candidate was obliged to be attended by three Esquires of honor, bear- ing Coat Arms like is confirmed by the Seventh Article of the Status of the Order of the Bath, & that these Statuts further direct, these Es- quirs shall in the Ceremony of this Order, be habited in Surcoats de- livered from his Majesties Wardrobe. & also that their Arms shall be atlix'd, to the back of the Seats, under the Stalls of their respective Knights, [in King Henry the Seventh's Chapel in Westminster Abbey in enameled Escutcheons, & during the Term of their Beveral Lives, these Esquirs shall enjoy all Rights, Priviledges, Exemptions & advan- tages which the Esquirs of the Sovereigns Hodv. or the Gentlemen of * Mr. Spencer Compton was created a Knight of the Bath, on the revival of the Order, on the 18th of May 1725. S4G HISTORICAL MANCSCRIPTS COMMISSION. the Privy Chamber do lawfully enjoy, or are entituled unto by virtue of any Giant Prescription or Custom whatsoever & their eldest Sons shall have & use the addition and Title of Esquirs in all Acts Proceedings S: Pleadings &c a . You are fully appris'd that the Dignity of any regular Military Order, will be maintain'd by an exact observance of the Statuts I must therefore request you to transmit as soon as possible the names of those Esquirs with the respective places of their residence & what Coat Arms they are severally entituled unto, that his Majesties Royal Intentions, in this respect may be fully answered." July 7th, 1725. William Inge to the same. Dated at Thorp Con- stantine and unad dressed. After high encomiums on the Speaker's address to the Managers for the House of Commons against " The Great Offender " (the Earl of Macclesfield) the writer goes on to say that he has shown his zeal for religion by Ins endeavours to encourage the building of a new church and the providing a Churchyard in Birmingham. 1725, Sept. 14th. William Munday to the same. Unadchessed. With the greatest Submission 1 do presume to write this to your Honor to acquaint you of the State of Mr. Travers health. When I returned from Coventry he had been delirious some daies, but was °rown sensible again, since w ch he has seemed to continue so, but is so very weak, & likewise bedrid, and able to take only a little Sack Whey"downe, that Mr Holditch his Nephew & the Apothecary &c think he can't last long Mr Gary has ordered me to give your Honor the earliest Notice of his Death, and I will do it if possible. I hope whoever has the Succession [to M r Travers office in the Prince's house- hold], your Honor will vouchsafe me the Favor of your Recommen- dation .... [P.S.] A letter will come soonest to me at William's coffee house in Dover Street." 1725, Sept. 16th. The same to the same. «Rt Hon ble Sir, My Dear Master departed this life 25 Minutes past twelve the bearer my Brother brings this Notice from Sir," etc. Same date. Henry Powell to the same. Dated at Richmond old Park and ur.addressed. The Prince's wines on new racking are grown better beyond Ex- pectation. The writer is told that Mr Clayton is to be Mr Travers's successor. 1725, Oct. 7th. J. Butler to the same. Dated at Warminghurst Park and unaddressed. " Sir, Mr Eyre wrote me word last night his son Thomas Eyre, who is y e youns person y e Princesses were inoculated from, was Yesterday to deliver his Petition to y e East India Company to go this Year in their Service as Factor to Bengale ; He says his son has already served them gratis upwards of 4 Years, that he has rec d pretty good assurances from some of y e leading Directors that he shall go ? if in y c Station of a Factor as he petitions, he shall then be favoured, as Mr Eyre is told some others have been, w th almost a Year of y e Usual Time, but if he must go [as] a Writer only, & begin his 5 Years of Service abroad, & loose his I Years of Service here, in which he has spent a great part of his Fortune, Mr Eyre thinks it will be something hard, therefore has desired mo to mention this to You, since one word from You S r to Gov 1- Harrison, or S r Mathew Decker can't fail of Success, if you would honour him so far." HISTORICAL MANUW BIPTS COMMISSION: 347 1725, Oct. 1 5th. Sir Matthew Decker to the same. Dated fro James'fs] Square and unsigned. Addressed a1 fool to ''The Honb le Sir Spencer Compton " and endorsed " S r M&iP" Decker." .... " as to Mr Byre's affair, he is a young Gentleman, betwt and 20 year, and under 21. The CompJ never sends oul any ly for factor, of w ch I gave a hint to y° Gentleman yesterday when he brought me your Letter. I don't mention this to insinuate that be Bhall or can not go, this yea* in y e said post, for I am in great hopes that I shall obtain this for him, and i I' others shoud know his age, that we DO ■■;■ even at your Consideration, break thro' this rule, but onley it' I Bhondmiscarry in this Design, and that he goes out as a writer, that it will not be y worse for him, in point of advancement hereafter, for in tbie I we, ['11 procure him a year or Two in hie Time, so that by our way h come as soon to be a Junior Merchant (w ' 1 is y Channel of advancem*) as if he went out a factor this Season, but as I say here before 1 flatter myself 1 shall be able to compass this." 1726, Augt. 13th. Robert Corker to the same. Dated at the " Hot- well Bristull" and unaddressed. " Hon bUl S* The Death of my Dear wiffe in Jan r - V last previ nted my Journey to Loud" w ch I was determined to begin in that month, & my Reumatick disord™ Encreasing I was advised to drinke these waters w ch I have been useing Ever since y e beginning of June last & I praise God w* 1 very good Success. Upon y e News (w ch I rec d here) of M* Vincent's death after y e Coynage was begun, thinking it both for the Princes & the Country's Serviced for y e Security of the Tyn Manufacture that the Assaying thereof shouldbe perform'd by a Sworne Officer I recommended to y e Dept- V Assaj m[aste]r as he had begun to goe through y e Coynages .V discharge y° duty of Assaying y e Tyn w lh y e utmost Skill & Care untill his Boyall Highness signified his further pleasure w th respect to y° Assaym ra Office, and as I have been always watchfull for y e preservation of this branch of his Boyall Highness's Revenue & like- wise to keepe up the reputation of this Noble Commodety w th Success hitherto & haveing heard some complaints of y badd quallely of Tyn lately sent abroad, I thought this was my Duty & hope S 1 ' it will meet yo r Approbation. Assoon as I heard of this Demise I likewise judged it proper to write a Letter to M r John Johns (j e present Acting Mayor of Lostwithyell) who w th his Brother lately Deceased have kept y Mayors Office of that Borrough betwixt them (sometimes alternately) for al Least 20 y w putting him in minde of some discourse wee had formerly in v ' h They both pro- mised me to devote them Selves to y e Princes Service for one Member at least. They haveing then promised one to M r V[incen]t but he assureing them y interest he made was alsoe for y e Pr[ince of Wales | & useing Some further pievayling Arguments it was to little purpose to proceed any farther at that time w lh those people of w cl ' T tooke y liberty then to give y 1 Hon 1 ' an Ace 1 and as 1 judged this a proper Juncture to renew our correspondence I wrote him two lett* on y Subject from hence and presume to send you both his lett 18 enclosed in answere to miue 1 donl perfectly know upon what foot y e Borrough of Lostv\ ithyell stands at presenl whether theres anydisputeat Lawabout y Mayoralty nor whether any Measures are taken to engage this Borrough, bul my zeale for his Boyall Highnesses Service prompted me to goe thus farr •w ch 1 hope will excuse my freedome & if herein 1 have yo* Approbation I shall esteeme myself happy as 1 shall at all times in eorecuteing any of yo r Commands. 348 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. S r I lately received a letter from M r Nicholson Master of tie Pew- terr^ Company full of Complaints of y e badd quallety of y e Tyn in generall of Ladidav [Lady-day] Coynage w ch is very surprising since I never before heard of a whole Coynages Tyn complained of, & w th his letter he sent me the Ma 1 & Wardens Essays [assays] of 5p s [sic] and 9P S Tyn taken by them, which letter & accounts I have sent to M r Cary fearing I have already given You too much troble & if it be thought convenient noe doubt M r Nicholson will Attend any time & Explain himself further on this Complaint. I shall only crave leave to add my humble Opinion that the Deputy Assavma r (at least) should be a persone of Judgm* in Mettals to be able to take a true Essay in Tyn especiady & to be a man alsoe of Probity y e honour of the Comodity & Security of the Tyn trade depending very much on a faithfull & skilfull discharge of the Duty of his Office. All ^ ch is most humbly Submitted to yo v great Wisdome by " etc. 1727, June 18th. Horatio Walpole to George Tilson. Dated at. Paris and unaddressed. Endorsed, in George Tilson's handwriting, under this date, " M r Walpole— &r[eceive]d J| p Walton near Delder." « Dear Sir — I hope this will find you safe over [the] water, & overtake you at the Hague, tho by what M r Robinson tells me who arrived here last night, I am afraid his L ld P will have been gone farther not intending to stay above two or three days there, whereas I had heard he would continue at least a week in Holland ; especially at this juncture when the Pensionary is given over, and great intrigues are on foot for his successour, the accounts we have had here speak very favourable of M r Slingerlandt, tho his frequent & violent indisposition by the gout may be a great objection to him ; by the first safe convey- ance lett me know how this great affair is like to goe. The inclosed pacquet for L rd Townshend is a sample of Cambrick, sent me privately from S 4 Quintin being made of Scotch thread, this is an affair that should be managed w* h great caution & secrecy at present for fear of giving jealousy to our freinds here; and perhaps nothing should be hastily done in it at this juncture, the envy against our Commerce is butt too great already, I am y rs most affect &c. H. Walpole." 1728, Feb. 12th. Robert Britiffe " To The Right Hon ble the Lord Lynn att his house in Whitehall." The writer is sending Court rolls and Surveys of the Manor of Shipdham. 1728 June 29th. Thomas Consett to Lord Wilmington. Dated in London and unaddessed. " My Lord A Year is not a Day to the happy but the unfortunate think every Minute a Day & every Day a Year. The Application of the latter Part of this Maxim approaches too near myself, & my Heart [is] so full of it, that I am not able to add more than that I am — My Lord— Your Lordship's most obedient humble serv*. Thomas Consktt." 1728 Auo-t. 30th. Edward Harrison to Lord Townshend. Dated in London and unaddressed. ..." Grayham y r Apothecary has been dangerously ill but I am tol'd" he is upon the recovery. We have no manner of news from abroad but they begin to talk at Paris, of returning all hands to the Congress in order to do business, and the French are terribly dis- appointed by the Queen's bringing another girl after such mighty preparations to celebrate the birth of a Dauphin " . . . . HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION'. 349 1729, Jan. 14th. Robert Mann to 1 1 • * - same. l'n addressed. The writer has searched the books of Chelsea College and cannot find that M r Gibbons has been on any pension Lis! Bince 1717. 17|n, Jan. 11th. Robert Daniel to the Baine. Dated at Brussels. "My Lord — I intreat Your Lordship will have acceptable my most hearty wishes, that all manner of Blessings may attend V 1 Lords? during the Course of the New-year we areentring upon. ,v thai Vr. LordsP may long enjoy the Fruits f that great Work the establishing a general Peace, in the transacting of which V LordsP has had so great a Share. I beg leave to improve this opportunity to remind V' I.i' of my humble Request, to be considered for the 7 or ^s hundred Pounds 1 am the worse, since I am at the Pension & Lost the Freedom of Postage. I have the greater ho pes of X' Lp's countenancing my Request, by that Your Lordship approved of it. to the Karl of < hester- field." 17.50, April 20th. Robert Britiffe to the same. Unaddrcssed. .... " I hope 1 shall be excused putting your Lordship in mindeofa promise of giveing the place of Clerk of the Peace to my nephew M 1 Britiffe upon the death of M r Berney. I hear he was very ill the last week " . . . . 1730, Angt. 1st. A. Cracherode to the same/ About his Lordship's trusteeship under the Earl of Bradford's Will. 1730, Nov. loth. Lord Hobart to the same? Dated at Blickling and unaddressed. . ..." I think myself very much obliged to you for so readily accept- ing of me I am not certain whether your Lordship intends to let the Furniture remain in the House if so I very readily agree to the Proposal of giving two hundred Pounds for it 'till Michaelmas next" .... 1731, April 24th. Edward Harrison to Lord Townshend. Unad- dressed. My Lord, I should not have been so long without enquiring after your Lords? 3 health if I had not mett with a new sort of work, "that I little expected. No sooner had I finished my India labours for the season and begun to promise my self some recess from business, but the rupture of the Woodwards where I have kept my Cash many years, came upon us like a thunder clap without any manner of warning and to the great surprize of all mankind. It was my particular misfortune to have paid in a great deal of mony in March most of which should have been paid away the 25th, and on the 24th they stoppt payment & shutt up shop. Being the greatest Creditor in this unhappy affair, I could not think it prudent to refuse being one of the Assignees, to have an eve to my own concern and endeavour to sa\e as much as possible out of the wreck. By what I have allready experienced, 1 flatter mv self, thai it will be well for me and all the concernd, that 1 did accept it. but it is a great addition to the other business I had upon my hand-, and will cosl me a great deal of time, and close application, the credit of the shop having been very extensive, in so much that I can already sec we shall have the accounts of above six hundred people to settle, before any dividend can be made of the effects ; and the best pari of them are in English houses at Lisbon & Cadiz, bnt in secure hands for as t'arr as | can see at present, and upon the whole I believe there will be no great loss at last, tho it will require much time and patience to brim: matters to a conclusion. 350 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. We are the more surprizd at this bankruptcy because the men have allways livd close, and at no manner of expence more than absolutely necessary. They have had more business than all the Bankers in the Citty putt together. All the gold and silver imported and exported ever since the year 1720, has passed thro their hands, and thereby they must have been gainers of £4000 p r anu m , besides the promt of a very great and constant circulation of Cash. It does not appear that they have ever drawn any sums of money out of the shop for their own particular ac- count and benefit, nor that they have ever dealt for one thousand pounds : n Stock of any kind. But tis plain they have been grossly abused & cheated by extravagant and knavish Servants, & have given a large credi to some of the Jews who have overtraded themselves, & cannot pay otherwise than by giving us their assignments of their goods at Lisbon and elsewhere, which we choose to take rather than pull them to pieces, and among them is the famous Pinhero in for £57000. He is the person that was negotiating a Loan with Kinski for the Emper 1 ' 3 service some time before your LordP left us. There is also one Paz a famous Jew gone off for a great sum ot money, and thereby four or five considerable houses in^ France and Holland are undone, more will soon follow in France Spain & Italy if the Flota money is not deliver'd, and on reasonable terms, which I see little or no likelyhood off at present. As to our new Treaty, the Dutch are debating the Accessions, the French are mute, and we have no answer yett°from Spain that I can learn. I have advice from M r Tinker, by whom M 1 Gore sent the diamonds, that he is well arrived at Porto Bello and hopes to find a good market for them at the approaching fair. From the E { Indies we have no ship yett arrivd but two are daily ex- pected. I thank God we are all in pretty good health at present, tho' the N.E* winds have been very severe for six weeks, and done much mischief both to the fruit and corn ; there begins to be a great demand from France for corn, and some ships Ladings are allready bought up for that market. I am afraid your old Servant Cap* Cooper of the Towns- hend packet is lost, between Falmouth and the Corunna ; Sam. Buckly and I shall be the greatest sufferers! However amidst these losses and disappointments (which I cant say sett quite so easy upon me as they would have done in my younger days) it will be great comfort to me to hear that your LordP enjoys good health in your retirement." 1731, June 9th. N.S., Hon. Charles Compton, British Consul- General in Portugal, to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Lisbon and un- addressed. « Mv Lord, — It was no small satisfaction to me . . . . to find that you approved of my Actions in the Affair of the Mediterranean p asses we hear the Bill is past, that was depend- ing in Parliament to make the forging such Passes felony which I ho*pe will put a stop to the Counterfeiting any more. Your Lordship so kindlv desires to hear as soon as M rs Compton is delivered that I am under an indispensable obligation to acquaint you by this first opper- t unity that she was brought to bed of a Girl the fourth Instant, and also to return my sincere thanks for the Honour you do us in standing God-Father to this new born Child I am with the greatest Respect My Lord, Your Lordships most Dutyfull Nephew & most Obed* humble Servant Cha : Compton." 1731 July 3rd. Edward Harrison to Lord Townshend. " My Lord, — I coud not bring my self to trouble you upon the loss of my "-randson Dear Neddy [Townshend] having ever since been under M>«.. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 351 a terrible suspehce with respect to [hi- brother] George's Bafety, till \^ : yesterday when to the great comfort of ue all the Doctors agreed to Tows pronounce him out of danger. I make no doubl but L d Lynn has con* stantly advisd your Lords' of what has passed, 1 have not dared to venture into the house, during this calamity, for fear of my daughter [Lady Lynn] .... I have not been wanting in making your com- pliments to M r (Jure. Our last letters from Portobello gave hopes of a good market [for your diamonds] and I wish may go well with Spain till we get clear of them and if they catch me again in their corn I will give them leave to pound me. Till we give them up our annual! -hip, and some other useless things we shall never lie well with them for a year together " . . . . 1732, Jan. 12th N.S. Hon. Charles Coinpton to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Lisbon and unaddressed. " Our chief talk here, is upon the gold and great Quan- tity of Diamonds the last liio Fleet hath brought ; on the arrival of which, the King of Portugal under pretence of discovering who had brought Gold in a clandestine manner, seized all the letters that came by it, & ordered them to be opened, which put the People of Business in great fear ; those who had run any gold were ordered to deliver it up or to say to whom it was sold, or go to Prison ; A Method likewise was taken in Relation to Diamonds, all that came in Letters, of which tis said there was a vast quantity, were seized, & the letters alter some time sent to the several Persons to whom they belonged. But as there is no Law against importing of Diamonds less severity was used lor the discovery of them. By this method the King has got into his own Coffers almost all the Gold that was run, no less than 28S0 Pounds Weight & a great part of the Diamonds that, came in the Fleet, Sc it is not yet determined how the Proprietors of either are to be treated. The Penalty of running Gold is very great, Confiscation with Banish- ment or the Gallics, & the temptation to it is also great, the King's Quinta & Duty of Coinage was before last year upwards of 2G p. Cent., but now by a New Law it is reduced to about 20 p r Cent. I have by this Post wrote to the Duke of Newcastle more particularly on the affair of Diamonds, & I beg you will give me leave to lay the same thoughts before your Lordship, which are as follows — as the Increase of Diamonds from the Braziles is a growing Trade I conceive the Duty in England upon rough Diamonds may prove in time a disadvantage to the Nation. If a duty was paid only on cut Diamonds imported, it might not be amiss ; but to lay a Duty upon rough stones, the gr part of which are sent abroad after they are cut seems to be discouraging a trade which leaves a great deal of Prolit behind it. The Trice of Cutting of Diamond- 1 am well informed IS one with another twenty shillings a Carrat ; a hundred thousand Carrats therefore cut in Eng- land, will leave in England a hundred thousand Pounds, & this Quantity from our best advices may at least be reckoned will come yearly from the Brazile Mines. I include not in this ('(imputation Freight n Places, it is reasonable to believe that Workmen who follow Encourage- '—— ' ment, will soon appear, & who may arrive in time to as great a Per- fection as those in England. Besides the Duty on Diamonds is small, and as they are easily run, I am apt to conclude his Majesty reaps very little Benefit from it, nothing I imagine in proportion to the Disadvan- tage the Continuance of this Duty may prove to the Nation. I have submitted this to his Grace's better Judgement as I do now to your Lord- ship's, whether the Affair is worth the Consideration of a British Parlia- ment. I cannot conclude without offering M rs Comptons most humble Duty to your Lordship." 1733, Jan. 21st. John Waple to Lord Townshend. Dated at Sym- monds Tnn and unaddressed. " Mrs. Harrison writes me word that her Broker acquaints her that some small matter might be made of York Stock if so yo 1 ' Lordship will please to consider whether it may not be advisable to part with it." 1733, Sept. 29th. Charles Bridgeman to Lord Townshend? Dated in London and unaddressed. " My Lord, — Just after Your LordP spoke to me at Hamp[ton] Court on Sunday last, my good Friend & Patron orderd me to desire my Cosin Bridgeman not to engage his Vote, & this was the whole of his order at that time : I was since down with my Cosin at Hartford, & he very kindly promis'd me he would not ; While I was with him, he told me that S r Tho s Clark & Your LordP were in the same intention of nominating a second Candidate [for the borough of Hertford], which I was glad to hear, hoping it was what my Patron meant, but as it was not then certain to me, I could request my Cousin no farther. Yesterday I attended my Patron at Hamp[ton] Co* and acquainted him with what I had done, and likewise that I found Your LordP & S r Thomas joyn'd in nominating M r Braccy [Nathaniel Brassey], he was pleased to say that whatever Your LordP & S r Thomas Clark did, he should approve; this I was glad to hear, & it occasions this Letter to Your LordP, not doubting but the great regard my Cosin has for him & You will induce him to declare his other vote, for the Person You recommend . . . P.S. I have acquainted him I have wrote to Your LordP. If there is occasion for a Letter to me please to direct it to my house in Broad- street near Poland Street S. James's, London." 1733, Nov. 27th. Earl of Gainsborough to Lord Townshend. Dated at Exton and unaddressed. Asking that " Walgrave, or Symons the late Deputy " to Spencer the Post master at Stamford may be appointed to succeed the latter who has been dismissed for negligence and insolence. " There is a report that one Bletsoe, a Bonesetter, is designed by Lord Lovell [the Post Master General] at y e intercession of M r Cust, for y e office in case Spencer is remov'd : But if he is put in y e whole Town of Stamford will be in an Uproar, & I shall take it extreamly ill that Cust sh d be indulg'd in his Request for a noisy, bullying Fellow, hated by all y e Town, & I be deny'd in mine for one out of 2 Men who have good Characters . . . . . M r Goodliall, a Friend of mine, is one priek'd [for sheriff] for this next Year. He realy has not 6 pounds a year in the County, & has begg'd of me to get him excus'd " . . . . 1733, Dec. 24th. Robert Britiffe to the same. Unaddressed. " My Lord, — I was favoured with your Lordship's & tookc an oppor- tunity to write to M r Lucass who is concerned for M r Beagham in his HISTORICAL M.VNUSCKII'TS COMMISSION. 353 affaires, that he w 1 pay the Rente due or eke W letl M* BeagUam Mak, who lives in London know that i!' the mone\ i- nut paid within a Month " Mss he must expect to meet with trouble upon that omission. I am a stranger to the Gentelmen in this ( lounty <>r City of Norwich who have a Righl to rote for Members of Parliament for the Uni- versity. 1 spoke to ('apt. Scottowe, who hath a Son ("tho removed from Cambridge) [who] hath a Vote, to send to him & engage him for M r Townshend & not to engage his Becond Vote atl present, D* Powk who is Brother to Commissioner [John] Fowle of the Excise Offi hath a Vote. 1 spoke to him yesterday— he Baid he knew six more who he hoped to engage. M P Townshend had senl t«> him he told me he had sent two Letters t" him & never rec 3 any Axswer of either, which I find gave him some uneassiness. I shall take car.- to use my interest as fan- as I can upon this occassion. If L d Wpnchilse y will not, allow his Brother [ M 1 ' Edward Finch-Hatton] to declare to joyne Off not M 1 [Thomas] Townshend sh a come to some resolution in what manner to act, for I apprehend itt may be difficult to pivvaile upon persons to suspend their second Vote. Ittseemeth to he the opinion of our Freinds that wee stand well in this County 'tho I beleive there never was soe much paines taken upon an Election, or Arts & Insinuations made use of to pievaile upon the Freeholders t fall denominations, as hath been use. I by S r E[dmandJ B[acon] & his Freinds they are indefatigable & no Costs spared, our Freinds are also industriouse, 1 had M r Lucass of Shipdham with me yesterday who I have att last brought to declare for us & to give me leave to make use of his name & declare he is soe. 1 have been several rimes attempting itt, but c d not prevaile upon him to declare before. He was with S r R[obert] W[alpole] when in Norfolke, but I am told gave some hopes that [he] w d not directly promise, lie hath now assured me of his Vote & interest which I hope may bring us att least twenty Votes, w ch w d have been against us. He himself was always in a different Interest. He is an Attorny, but I am satisfyed he hath more than 1000/. per Ann. I begg [you] will excuse the length of this. Ro : Bkitiffe." 173f, Jan. 6th. The Hon. Augustus Townshend to " Lord Lynn at his house in Duke Street near S* James square London." Dated at Madras. . . "1 have made a very bad Voyage but I hope I have ini- prov'd myself so much as to make it up to me for you no they are both to my own advantage I hope my dear sister is well &, all nephews 3-; is Your most affectionate Brother A. Townsiiknd." 1734, July Gth. Robert Britiffe to Lord Townshend. The writer does not approve the deed .sent l>y M 1 Am; a- for Lord Townshend's purchase from M r Cotton of an estate at Honingham. bul has prepared an Article to answer his Lordship's design. 1731, Oct. Gth. Thomas Minors "To the Right Hon"« The Lord Lynne at Denham." Dated in London, at the sign of the Vine in Lombard Street. "My Lord— I think it my Duty humbly to acquainl your Lordship of the Death of Mr [Charles] Shales, who was principally concerned in the Execution of the Office of his Maj*"* Goldsmith, to which Office 1 was admitted & sworn in by Your Lordp 8 Appointment : Mr Shale- dyed the 5th iust of a Dropsy, and was 73 Years Old. And as by Mr. U 24953. z 354 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Shales Death the Execution of my said Office is devolved wholly upon me in joint partnership with Miss Mary Shales (Mr Shales Daughter) I take this Opportunity till I can have the honour of waiting upon Your Lordship in Person, to beg the Continuance of your LordP 8 Pro- tection." 173*, Jan. 19th. Thomas Eyre, of the East India Company's Service, to Lord Wilmington. Dated at Fort S fc David. " the General Notion of the former flourishing Condition of Business in the Indies is still so strongly retain'd in England and with so little reason, that the sending a Writer out is reckond a mighty Boon, tho in fact (pardon Sir the freedom of Expression) it is but an Errant Phantasma and he would go barefoot for what he could do for himself without the help of some Patron or Friend to assist him for the few first years of his time here, and it is much the same in pro- portion to the Degree of the higher Stations " . . . . 1735, Sept. 8th. Charles Townshend to Lord Lynn. In a child's handwriting. Dear Papa, I hope you are well and my mamma and I hope that Suffolk as agreed with my mamma and you and M rs dinely. J hope we shall have the pleasure of seeing you all down here if you have any time to spare we received a couple of cakes a Sunday last pray send us down a suit of does for we want some sadly. I left my grandmamma and my sister and mis wastel in very good health ; pray give my duty to mj mamma and thank her and m rs dinely for their kind letters. I am your most obedient son C : Tow :" 1736, April 13th. Sir William Billers to M rs Harrison " att her house in Cavendish Square." Dated in Cheapside. To ask, on behalf of Capt. Tolsou and himself, that M rs Harrison will weigh off the next day the Rattans she had sold to them at 45 shillings for two hundred and a half weight w ch is computed at 1000 rattans. 173% Feb. 24th. Thomas Lowndes to Lord Townshend. Dated at Whitehall. "My Lord Your Lordship may remember when You was Sec 1- ? of State that I carryed through the Carolina contract by your LordP 3 Countenance without giving your LordP any trouble. For I never once waited upon You. It is now in my power to shew your LordP and the rest of the Noble- men and Gentlemen of Norfolk how to keep your Tenants from being imposed upon by the Butter Factors without laying any restraint upon Trade. What I have to offer is of the greatest Consequence to your own and your Neighbouring Counties ; I mean this as a small return of Gratitude. For I am with the greatest respect " etc. 1737, June 9th. John«Amyell to Lord Townshend ? Unaddressed. The writer expects Mr^ Branthwayt will perfect certain conveyances when he is in town. 1737, Aug. 2nd. Edward a Weston to Lord Townshend. Dated at Whitehall and unaddressed. The writer encloses a copy of his letter to Mr. Scottowe and will forward the latter's answer. HISTORICAL MANU80BIPT8 COMMISSIOlTi 355 1737, Nov. 17th. Robert Parker "To The Worshipful] Alderman Harvey of Norwich." Dated at Comenda Fort on the coasi of Guinea. " S 1 '"— I sonde you a .sample of Cotton the grouth of this Cuntry, -pun by the Natives on long Powles, as they walke up and down the Fields, it may lie had I believe in considerable quantiteys, 1 desire the Favour of you to advise if it may not be useful in some part of your Manufactur and the just Value of it. An other tiring is worth your notice, the large quantity of Says, Persetts, Long Ells, &c. that comes upon this c< to several] Thousand pound p Ann, arc most of them caried up into the Cuntry some Thousand some Fifteen Eundred Miles, th'are take a Peices and unwove, and again made into Cloath of thier own devisil . I purpose if possible to sende you a Sample of the Negroes Ingenuity, if anOpertunity offers before the Ship sailes, Youll be surprised at an other thing, that out of a. Hundred or a Hundred and Fifty thousand Pounds worth of Cloaths of all soarts that anually comes upon this Coast, how, they should be consumed amongst a People that never wears either Cap Coat or Breches, nor make use of any in their Household Furniture, all that prodigious Stock of Goods is consumed, except what they take a peices, as I observed before, in having fine Cloaths of all the different soarts, about two Ells long w ch they weare about their Wasts, and lye in a Nights, their riches seames to concist in that, some has Ten to Fifteen apeice of such Cloathes and then the Capushears, as they are called or properly our Cuntry Justices, they have from Ten to Twenty and some Fifty to a Hundred and Fifty Wives & Concubines, these must all have Dashees or Presents of Cloaths, and then their Kings exceeds Solomon, I wont say in Wisdom, but in Wives & Concubines, and they must be all supplyed w th Store of fine Cloaths, the demand some time is so great that if a Ship of a Hundred Tun was loaded, w th what pleases them, w ch I really beleiv might all be furnisht out of your Citty, such a considerable Loading might, I say at some times be sold off in three or four Days, and pay'd for in the finest of Gould, or that w ch is as good Eliphauts Teeth, without being conserned in Slaves. You would do well to wright to some Friende in London to get an abstract of Ten or Twenty Guinea Voyages from the Debentures then youll se what Species of Goods are usually sent upon this Coast. There is a Vast Number I know of Chiloas Gingams Cuttances Bombay Stuff Teer- suckers Cherryderreys Chints Aligars Celampees &c. ; of all East Indey goods I am verey well assured that most of all these might be either imitated or some thing in lew [lieu] sent from you to supply the place w oh would set to worke avast number of Hands, better that our own Cuntry People should earne moneys that give such incourigment to the Chines [Chinese] & Indians. As I remember when S 1 ' Robert Walpole was at Norwich in 1738 by an Invitation from your worthy Bodey he made a Speach which was after printed wherein among other things at the conclusion he assures your worthy Bodey he will make it his Studey to promote the Trade and Manufacture of Your Great Citty, I know him to be a Genthn" of so much Honour that he onely wanted an Opertunity and now one will be flung into his Hands, he was so good to me at my first asking w ch was but three days after I landed from Georgia & Carolina in September was Twelve Munlh, to recomende me to be principal] Agent at Gambia, the African Directors paid me a groat deale <>f reaped upon that Ace* and offered me to my Choice either that or YVidaw. place upon this Coast, but upon inquiry boath them places being unholsom, and the Corup? as usuell 'moisting upon [my] baying up 30 much of their Stock w (h at that time did not concist w lh my Pocket z2 356 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. having laved out severall hundred Pounds in Georgia in erecting Saw Mills and brought them to great Perfection, w oh was as fine Cut as ever any Wainscott sawn in Holland, samples of w (h I sent to Parisburg, Savana, and Charles Towne and some to the Trustees in London, after I had brought my Works to that Perfection that the Mills w th a little addition would have earut me a Thousand Pound or Twelve Hundred Pound Sterling p Ann, I was by the Violence of that Government, drove from my "Workes, by three armed boats sent up purposely to destroy them. I came to England hoping redress from the Trustees, but to their great Honour and Justice they paid me never a Farthing, the Truth of it is I promised the poore deluded People there to set their Oppressions in a faire Light, as I did, and tould S v Eobert Walpole at my first interview I would do it at the Hazard of my Life, these were the reasons why I had not money to purchase the CompJ' Stock. If my Thoughts should be approved off then I am perswaded if you aske S r Robert Walpole to recomende me to be one of the Principalis of this place iu the roome of M r Esson deceiced, it may easiley be dun. it will then put it into my Power effectually to serve you and take all Opertuniteys of advising you from time to time what may advantage the true Interest & Trade of the Citty of Norwich, please to let me have your thoughts, in duplicates for feare of miscariage directed to me to the Care of my Wife M rs Eliz. Parker in Lynn." 1738, June 22nd. A. Windham to Charles 3 rd Viscount Toivnshend 1 ? Dated in " Lester Street " and unaddressed. .... "Madam Woolmoden [Valmoden] is in Pall Mall w th her Husband, but is at Kensington several hours in the day : She has fine black eyes, & brown hair, and very well shap'd ; not tall, nor low, has no fine features, but very agreeable in the main. She appears at the drawing-room like one that has been used to the courts of Princes, [t is not doubted but that she will soon have an Apartm* at Kensington. It is not known where Admiral Haddock is gone, whether to the Straits, or to the W. Indies. Lord Hardwick has lent M r Erie of Heydon lG-.OOO 11 at 3 & \ per cent : and I heard yesterday of a Gentlemen who has borrowed money on the S[outh] S[ea] Annuity at 2 & \. I was on Monday at L d Bolingbrook's Country House. They ex- pect d him there eveiy day : and the News of this day speak of his coming : tho' I could see no preparation in the Kitchen for it : the House & Estate is now upon sale : for w eh reason I suppose the Gardens are quite neglected. Your LordP s is scheming so for the good of the Country, that all Nor- folk men are full of your praise." 1740, March 26th. Rev. Edward Francklin to Lord Townshend. Dated at Rainham and unaddressed. "My Lord — I had answered your Lordship's most kind Letter before this, but did not return from Wisbech till last Saturday, having been desired to preach the Assize Sermon at Bedford. And it being so near Lady Day I was willing to defer writing two posts longer that 1 might send your Lordship a Receit in part of a year's Composition, which 1 do with the utmost gratitude and thankfulness. M r Case has not been yet at leisure to examin with me the Writings relating to Rainham Livings, but as soon as he can spare a Day I shall be read}-. Your Lordship's Commands with regard to the present Representatives 1 shall most diligently and zealously perform, and I hope your Lordship HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 357 will not fail of the desired success. I have nothing material to write about the present Opposition being so lately return'd into Norffolk, but ' only that at Wisbech enquiry has been made for saleable Estates of small value En this County and one is already bought at the price of Fourscore Guineas by a person who is known not to be aide of himself to purchase. Whatever I shall lie assured of with respect to this Adair that may deserve your Lordship's knowledge 1 shall take care faithfully to transmitt, arid what may lye in my Power in this or any other Way to serve your Lordship I shall take the highest Pleasure in thereby testifying how much I am etc. How" Ei:.\n< ki.iv. [P.S.] I hear that Young M r Horace Walpole is to bejoyned with M r Thomas Townshend for the University of Cambridge next Election." 1740, Nov. 2nd. George Harrison to Lord Townshend. Dated at Balls and unaddressed. ". . . . I am to see M r Glinister here on Wensday which will enable me to give a more perfect account of his success in obeying your Lordships Comands." 1741, March 27th. lion. Horatio Towushend to Lord Wilmington. Dated at New Ormond Street and unaddressed. About the heavy discount on French bills. 1741, May 9th. Sir John Hynde Cotton to the same? Dated at Madingley and unaddressed. Thanking his Lordship for espousing the cause of the writer's son in the Cambridgeshire election. [P.S.] " my Marlbro' Election kept me a few days too long." 1742, April 1st. Lord Lymington to the same? A letter of compliments. 1742, May 22nd. Hon. George Hervey, afterwards Earl of Bristol, to Lady Townshend. Dated at Ickworth and unaddressed. " Madam, — I am very sorry to find by a letter from Lord Lincoln, that after your Lordship had done me the honor to write to me, the post had done me the favor to loose it together with his, what a disagreeable miscarriage, how unkind an abortion ! I should have thought that these things only cou'd have happened to M 1 ' 3 B 1. Are vou not surprized, Madam, how I came to learn these technical words ? I heard them but today. Your Ladyship's friend M r9 Eldred has taken no notice of us since we came into the country, but we have had the honor of two or three Aldermen with their Ladys it Misses. I beg if you hear of any Camp there is to be in England, or of any new regiments that are to go abroad, you wou'd be so good as to let me know, for else these are my quarters, & you will find my calculation about my staying in the country too true; for tho' I was told when first I came down, I was only to be here ten days or a fortnight, yet now that time is expired there is no probability of my g< ing to town. Has your Ladyship got your house in the country ? I shall grow so rich dining my retreat, that if the widow insists on ten additional Guineas, you may draw lor it from ray Banquers at Bur} - . May I enquire how Lord John does? It is relatively to you that I am sollicitous about his health, since I remember some very gloomy days in Grosvenor-street on his account. Lord Bristol often drinks your health to me, which is seconded with infinite pleasure by me, my poor flirtation is never included : you accused me Madam, of having a violent passion, the fact 1 own tho' not the person to whom i; was 358 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. apply'd, it was they who did apply who cou'd lay the chief claim to that, & to the entire esteem, of Madam Your Ladyship's Most obedient humble Servant, G. Hervey." 1712, Au°\ 12th. Hon. George Compton to the Earl of Northamp- ton. Dated in London and unaddressed. A. business letter. 1 7 1 2, Auo-t. 19th. Lord Hervey to Lady Townshend. Dated at Ickworth Park, and unaddressed. " Madam— The last Post (the most welcome Messenger that ever arriv'd at Ickworth) brought me the Honor of your I ady s P Letter ; & tho it is impossible for any Body to be more obliged & pleased than I was with the Favor of so agreable a Distinction, yet it was no small Allay to that Pleasure, to feel the Severity, as well as Politeness of your Reproach, in condescending to thank me for giving, what I ought to have pay'd my humblest & warmest Acknowledgments to You for your Indulgence in receiving : since I am very sensible when you allow the Copy a Place in your House, you confer an Honor upon it, equal to the Pleasure you give the Original, when you admit him there. If there was a Dearth of Talk (too often mistaken for Conversation) in the Party you mention, I think a more proper Additiou could not have been made to it, than that you tell me of, since as far as the bare Evacuation of Words can contribute to make such Partys what they call go off tuell, I will stand Godfather to all their Lungs, & would as soon answer for Articulation flowing constantly through the Channels of those Mouths as I would for Water in the Channel of the Thames. I am very sorry to hear poor Winnington has in reality been down- right ill, & am sure the Symptoms must have been very strong when your Infidelity on that Chapter could be converted into Faith : but if I was in his Place I could never forgive your drawing any Parallel be- tween him & the Man with whom you coupled him on this Occasion, since I think Nature has made as full as great a Difference in the Fur- niture of the Insides of their Heads, as I dare say the Faces of their Wives will do in the Ornament of the Outsides. I had some thoughts once of sending this Letter to my Servants in London, with Orders to have it smoak'd like a Westphalia-Ham, in a London Chimney, before it was presented to Your Lady s P, knowing how little Chance it must have to be well received when you reflect it is the uncorrected Produce of the intolerable Rusticity that must reign threescore miles from London ; but upon second Thoughts fearing no Quarentine would be deemed by Your Lady 9 P sufficient to purge it of such a Plague, I laid this Project aside, resolving to lose no time in assuring you with how much gratitude warmth & Truth I am — Madam Your Lady*' 9 Most obliged & most obedient humble Servant Hejkvey." [No date.] From the same to the same. Dated " Tuesday morning " and unaddressed. " Your Ladj s P does my Taste great Honor to think it worth con- sulting in any thing, & a very undeserv'd one if you let it be any Guide to your's with regard to what I now send back to you. As fat- as my Plate-Skill goes I think them very pretty, but as uselessly pretty HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 359 as the Face of a virtuous Beauty or the Head of an injudicious Wit. 1 eall'd at your Door on Sunday Morning but had nol the good Fortune to find you, & by the Equipage I saw at the Door Bhould have feard you were in danger of the 111 Fortune of going somewhere into the Country farther than half-Way to Knightsbridge, had 1 nol luckyly recollected that One Flesh may sometimes resemble the double Man Odmar talks of in the Indian Emperor, when he says one half lay upon the Ground, the other ran away : which half 1 would have you resemble I dare not suggest, but firmly believe von will guess right. 1 am— Madam Vuur Lady'P' 9 Most obedient humble Servant, 111 aVBY." 1742, Dec. 14th. A letter addressed to " Hugh Cholmley Esq., at the Dial House, St. James's Place, London," from certain inhabitants of Whitby, Ybrks. Signed by Joseph Holt, Peter Barker, Miles Breckon, Alderman Boulby, Thomas Milner, John Yeoman, Robert Iiobson, William Coverdale, and John Rymer :— u Sir— Finding ourselves under a necessity to apply to Parliament tor redress in the unhappy affair of the Bonds entered into by us and many others with the Crimps to his Majesty for the Duties on Coals at the Port of London. . . Wee take the Freedom to give you the trouble of a Copy of our Petition on the other side drawn in London and to inform you it has been signed by Persons coneernM at Yarmouth and Scarbro and by all here and that it is sent to Sunderland and Newcastle from whence we expect it will soon be sent up to be presented to the House. And therefore wee begg leave S r to desire y ul1 be pleased to favour ue with your Interest therein, and to excuse this trouble." 1743, Augt. 8th. Lord Townshend to . A Draft, unaddressed- "I find by M r De Grey's letter that he is in an infirm Btate of health." 1743, Sept. 3rd. Lord Hobart to Lord Townshend? Unaddressed. The writer will be glad to rent his Lordship's house for a year. 1745, Sept. 1st. Hon. Charles Townshend to Lord Townshend. Dated at Scarborough and unaddressed. . ..." my want of health arises I believe more from natural infirm- ities than any uneasiness of mind but I am convinced I often suffer illnesses which have no other source, than a constitutional weak- ness of body." 1746, May loth. Lord Godolphin to the same. Dated at St. James's. Giving his Lordship notice to pay in future 4 per cent., instead of 2>\ per cent, upon the £7000 he has borrowed for the writer on mort- gage, or else to repay the loan on Nov r 18 th . " The money above mentioned .... vested in me in trust for my L d * Sunderland " 174G, July 2nd. O.S. Henry Nisbet to . Dated at Terhuyden Camp and unaddressed. " Hurry & Confusion which is the Prologue to a Camp hindered me for informing you sooner of my safe Arrivall in Holland which is of all countries the mo.-t inhospitable & affords the greater Scope for Senti- ment when I consider the species of the people we are to fight for. STesterday we were reviewed by our grey beaded Marshall [Prince Charles of Lorraine] who it seems only waited for us to strike his Blow for we expect to march in a day or two Inning this day received bread 360 HISTORICAL 3IANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. & forrage for six days. The French have abandoned Antwerp leaving four thousand men in the Oitadell which some People imagine we shall besiege, but if I may be allowed to anticipate the Maneuvre of a great Generall I shou'd think we wou'd goe upon the Maese for two reason?, iirsf. the deficiency of forrage we shou'd find in the Pais reconquis, second the facility of joining the Austrian reinforcement that has been at Venlo for some time past. On the other side you will find an accurate account of our strength having rode round the whole Army this morning and taken down the number of Squadrons & Battalions it consists of. I intend tomorrow to goe to Hogstraten there to see the Pandours & Hussars. As soon as we join the Imperialists we shall have a Line of Battle which I will send you of my own Drawing. My Compliments to all sentimental People. You know how few they are. — I am. — Y r aff te Friend &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c Hen. Nisbet. Batts s 70. Squad 8 lo4. Austrians - - - 30 Austriaus - - - 70 English - - - 04 English - - - 09 Han[overian]s - - 1G Han rs - - -26 Hessians - - - 06 Hessians - - - 08 Dutch - - - 14 Dutch - - 41 30 Austriaus • 04 English 16 Han 13 06 Hessians • 14 Dutch 70 Totall - 70 Totall - 154 exclusive of the 20,000 Imperialists." 1746, Sept. 30. General John Campbell (afterwards Duke of Argyll, to Lady Townshend. Dated at Inverary. My dear Lady Townshend. It is high time that I should in private life follow the example of some of His Majesty's rebellious subjects who have come in and surrender'd to the Royal Meicey hoping forgive- ness You know that some time after the loss of my late Mistress I put myself under your wing as my Queen ; as to you my Princess I own but one crime, that of Omission, yet, to so good, so kind a friend, even that calls alowd and demands asking pardon and forgiveness, I ask it, I expect it, and considering (as I think I wrote your Fatt friend and Neighbour [? Sir Robert Walpole.] — ) the Crime carried with it its own punishment by being so long deprived of a most agreeable Correspon- dence, I hope for the best. When I told your Ladyship that I have wrote more for these last ten Months by-past than any Clerk in Office you'll tell me it is condemning my self, I deny it, I was not pleasing my self which would not have been the Case had I been writing to you ; In short since I left London and arrived in this Country I can not say that I have had one agreeable or pleasant Moment, Nothing but hurry and anxiety of minde; excessive fatigue, together with a great deal of bad health. And since I return'd here from my Island expedition most'ly confined to the House and so worn' out that I begin to think of another world, 1 Avish it was White- hall. But before I leav this, Christian like, I desire once more to be forgiven by my friends, and doe most frankly forgive my Enemys, I have t'is true had some revenge off' them, and may say that in my Turn I gave them (as they did me) no small trouble and I think did some good to the cause I was engag'd in, But I must, I will have done with my self, but never with you; for in truth I am with the utmost HISTORICAL MAM SCRIPTS COMMISSION. oGl Sincerity, affection and esteem Dear Lady Townshend's most obedient t ^.|b &e. &C. M88. " John Campbell. P.S.- -I rejoyce with you, pray tell pie if Miss Townshend is as handsome as ever after that dangerous but natural operation the small- pox? Is Mr. Townshend as much in love with you as when I left him ? ;md lastly is his lather jealous of him ? I can't say hut I am. I condole with you for the. loss of a friend, make my Complements to those you chuse to see in private at White- Hall particularly Lady Sophia T: and our Missie ; tell her I must and will kis> her when meet, — but very gently. Put Lord Baltimore in mind of me, I love him as I hope he does me, ask him who knows it, If at my first setting out 1 had not a very pretty Jaunt from Portsmouth by Sea to this Country. The Expedition I undertook in Quest of the Younger Adventurer. Round and through what is call'd the long Island (for I visitted, landed, and marcht through most of them as well as the Isle of Skie, to wich place I traced him) is some what curious, You will further tell his Lordship that I look't inn at S l Kilda which in the Map is lay'd down to be 20 Leagues to the Westward of the Harris and North Uist, but I think it is not so much. From all which if he is not nervous he can give your Ladyship some notion of the Navigation. Pray tell him likewise that I was so happy as to meet with a most agreeable Com- plaisant Commodore who not only enter'd heartily into my Schemes but gave me full powers so as that I was in effect a kind of Lord Admiral. After communicating to Commodore Smith my Intelligence ; what I intended, and that I desired only the Furnace Sloop and a Folksione Cutter (he had with him) together with the arm'd Wherries I had fitted out before his Arrival. He consented and approved of my Plan, But like himself (a most Judicious Sensible Humane Man) told me that it was not much out of his way and that he must attend me with two 40 Gun Ships to take care I was not pick't up by a French Privateer, In short he was Zealous and like a father to me, ply'd off and on S f Kilda till the Search was made. And gave Orders that any of the 20 Gun Ships I mett at Sea should be at my disposal, and sent me such Provisions as by the Returns from the Sloop and Cutter be found necessary. I mention all these particulars only to shew Lord Baltimore that Sea, and Laud Officers who have nothing but the Service at Heart may be brought to agree ; And I must further observe that there was not a Captain or Commander upon this Station that made the least Difficulty in taking their Orders from me. Having forgott myself, fancying I was talking to you this 1 H S' has SWel'd beyond the Bounds of a letter, so that 1 must have done — and leav it to another opportunity off giving you and his Lordship some further Account of this last forementioned Expedition in which 1 had very near succeeded. As a proof of which I hereto add what Captain O'Niel who was taken prisoner by one of my Parties and sent to the Earl of Abermarle setts forth in His Declaration or rather Examination, I have it under his own hand and you shall see it. "The Prince [Charles Edward] and O'Neil went 'to the Hills ami Btay'd there all night, after which we heard that General Campbell was at Bernera so that wee Avcre then surrounded with Forcess and was at a loss what to do, Wee mett a Younge Lady one Miss [Flora] M c Donald. Capt" O'Neil advised the Younge Lady to assist the P. in making his Escape to the Isle of Skie. which she at' first refused, but by Force of Argil- 3G2 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Makqvess ments and telling her that the Prince should be in Women's Dress she V mss. e>p at last consented; she parted with us and desired we should stay at — Corrodale till we should hear from her, which we did for two Days without hearing from our Younge Ladye ; this made the P. very uneasy thinking she could not performe her promise, so that at last he determin'd to send O'Neil to General Campbell to let him know he would surrender himself Prisoner, But while in this thought a Message came from the Younge Lady desiring us to come to the Point of iiusnith [Rosencafh] where she wonld wait [for] us." The Younge Lady, the Lady Clanronald and all concern'd in the escape are sent Prisoners to London. I can not but say I have a great .leal of Compassion for the Younge Lady, she told me that she would have in like manner assisted me or any one in Distress. Adieu Adieu Dear Lady Townshend. My Comp ts to the lively M r Townshend. If your Ladyship has any Commands for me to direct to Edinburgh. You have spoild [my son] Frederick he gives himself airs and won't write to me, I have some thoughts of forbidding him White-Hall as a punishment." 1747, June 5th. Jasper Bull to Lord Townshend. Dated at the Xew River Office and unaddressed. Mentions Lord Townshend's dividends on a half share : Xmas 17-15, £50. 11 s .; Mids r 1746, £52. II 9 .; Xmas 1746, £47. 11 s .; and Mids r 1717, £65. 3 s . 7 d . 1747, June 16th. Horatio Walpole to the same. Dated at I he Cockpitt and unaddressed. ..." I learn by other good accounts that the compromise in choosing M r Armine [ Woodhouse] & your son [George — to represent Norfolk in Parliament] will certainly take place I sett out for Woolterton on Fryday early. & purpose if my infirmity will permitt, to be there on .Sunday. The Parliament certainly breaks up tomorrow, will be dissolved by Proclamation, and the Writs will bear teste on Monday next." 1748, June 2nd. Hon. Charles Townshend to Lord Townshend Dated in Jermyn Street. . . . . " The illness of which I complained in my last, is entirely re- moved I congratulate you upon the revolution in the corporation of the Fens & upon the change of measures which the Duke of Bedford has declared shall follow from it. Lord Duplin tells me has not only turned out the old officers, but that he has openly professt a design of amicably & resolutely carrying into execution that plan for the interest of all partys which you and others have been so long contending for Roger is in great health and desires me to present his duty to you. My love waits upon my sister." This letter bears an endorsement " This Letter is dated the 2 July 1748 it ought to have been dated June the 2 d 1748. — My son Charles' letter to me." 1748, [June] 19th. The same to the same. Dated "Sunday the 19th 1748" and endorsed" This letter was wrote in the summer 1748." " I am sorry I can not begin this letter with a report of the Bishop of Salisbury's answer to your Solicitation [on my behalf] .... Since I wrote last I saw M r Bacon who heard the same account from L d Dupplin that I gave you of the late changes of administration in the Feus HI-TOltlCAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMIS M>\. I have hitherto been kept In London or rather from my journey to Maeq Scarboro' by Solicitations from Farmo[uth] for M r Morton & others, which are material on account of the persons desiring them in the next week I shall set forth I have been bo ee 3 W. Culvert, my Uncle Tho: Townshend, M r Cornwallis, M 1 Pointz & my Aunt Molly at their several houses in the country I have Lodged in Craven Street Bince J left your house because J was not willing to hire new Lodgings for so short a time" .... I , is, July loth, N.S. Bon. George Townshend to the same, Dated at Endhoven. .... ." however dissadvantageously my presence has stolen by under the .-hade ofSilencc & the Cloud of Awe, yet that I am known enough to you to bill myself assert, & to persuade myself I shall be behind when 1 do myself the Justice to assure your Lordship that no Son who Interest whose success in every View, & whose opportunity of gratifying ■ very Desire depended entirely on the Duration of his Fathers days, ever felt a deeper concern, or a more fearful alarm at an incertitude of what was so worldly essential to him, than 1 did from the contents of your Lordships letter Such my Lord is my just concern at your illness [P.S.] Our Army is now in Cantonment & the Duke is to set out for England in a few days it is not determined who is to attend him as yet." 1748, [July] 17th. Hon. Charles Townshend to the same. Dated at Scarborough " Sunday the 17 th 1748." " though it is a great while since I set out it is but a few day;; since I came here. Upon trial I found myself unable to bear the fatigue of a long stage & a journey of three hundred miles by short stages is a work of time there is another reason why 1 should be willing in particular to accept at this time a seat at the Board of Trade. Your present allowance to me is a very large one, larger not >nly than what T as your younger son could have asked, but than perhaps you can out of your encumbered estate conveniently pay & therefore I could wish to give you relief by receiving a creditable post as a Lord of Trade from the Government. . .... I do not know how this would suit with the interest to be kept up at Yarmo' which certainly a seat at the Admiralty would strengthen & establish iinmove- ably M r Pelham is just returned from his tour & if you approve it I will write to him." 174S, July 17th. Rev. William Samuel Powell to the same. Dated at " S* John's College " and unaddressed. Endorsed by Lord Townshend " M 1 Powell's letter to me about the Election of a Chancellor at Cambridge." The writer promises to promote the Duke of Newcastle's election to the Chancellorship in succession to the Duke of Somerset who is thought to be dying. 1748, July 26th, N.S. Hon. George Townshend to the same. Un- addressed. Dated at Eindhoven and endorsed by Lord Townshend My Son George's letter to me. — Reckon the 20 th July 1748 O.S." " It is certain here that H. 11. H. the Duke will soon set out for England but what day or who he will take with him remains -till a most profound & impenetrable Secret Our Army is here in the most perfect State of Inaction, the Beauty, Address, Discipline & Spirit of our Troop- is really a most maloncholy object when such are unsuccesfull and are so unfortunate as to be oblig'd to give up such a 364 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Cause. The other day we used to inly ruminate the Enemy's uresis - table Superiority, an[d] now the greatest Part inly rumit ate the reduction the Nation will soon be oblig'd to make, and in one day discharge a number of Men from her Service that no other Nation in Europe would be "lad to en«nge & entertain in a time of the most settled Tranquillity" [P.S.] I hope my Sister [Audrey] is well & [my brother] the Captain [Roger Townshend] when you heard from him, my love to them both." 1748, July 31st. Hon. Charles Townshend to the same. Unaddressed. ! "I hear L d Anson succeeds to L d Monson's office & his re- in'ovai makes a vacancy at another board my love waits upon my sister." 1748, Augt. 16th, N.S. Hon. George Townshend to the same. Un- uddressed, dated at Eindhoven. The writer hopes to have the honour of attending H.R.H. [the Duke of Cumberland] to England & begs leave to draw on Mess 13 Child by next post for his " Quateridge " [or his allowance]. [P.S.] " I have received from Norfolk theComplnnents & Invitation of the Gentlemen of the Constitution [club] Feast for the 1 st of August. I hope they have given you the same Notice on this occasion that the Feast may have been attended with Rainham Venison." 1748, [August] 19th. Hon. Charles Townshend to the same. Dated "Friday the°19 th 1748," and endorsed by Lord Townshend : — " Mem. This letter wrote about the latter end of the summer." 1748, Sept. 2nd. Sir Thomas Hare to the same. Dated at Stow near Downh'am. Endorsed by Lord Townshend : — " Sir Tho 8 Hares letter to me about Denver- Sluice and our Sute depending thereon." 1748, Sept, 13th, N.S. Hon. George Townshend to the same. Dated at Eindhoven. « not being one of those who had the honour of being named to attend his Royal Highness & being assured on the contrary that his Royal Highness would not stay above a fortnight : I thought it better not to apply for Leave of Absence In case the Duke should stay in England longer than expected or his Return be defer \1 for any time I shall not fail of waiting on you as I shall upon sach Information imediately apply for Leave I am sorry I cannot enliven my letter with some sort of News, so supinely is every thing abroad involved either in dull Inaction or impenetrable secrecy." 1748, Sept. 17th. Hon. Charles Townshend to the same. Dated in Carey Street. The wi iter has been staying in the town to press the claims on the Treasury of some of his Yarmouth constituents. "D r Dyom will be with you in some part of this month, but at present lie is in Derbyshire. D r Hardinge thinks me the better for Scarbro' but as my appetite is less than ever it was, I doubt whether I have made any advance towards general health [my brother] llo^er is at Hampton Court, & when I have said this I have said all I know of him for he has never been here since I mne,and writing letters is not his custom." 1748, Sept. 26th. Copy of a long letter from Lord Townshend to his son George explaining how Child and Co. had come to return his Draft for Quarterage. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS 0OMHI88ION. 3Gj 1748, Sept. 28th. Draft in Lord Townshend's handwriting of a letter Mabqcwa asking Colonel Dusy [Dncie?] to give his son Roger (who is Ensign in ' "",';. the first Regiment of Guards) a month or six weeks leave. He lias been with his regiment eight or nine months and his age is between 17 and 18 years. 1748, Oct. 1st, N.S. Hon. George Townshend to Lord Townshend. Dated al Eindhoven. The writer is astonished at M r Child protesting his Draft for £200. Ii concludes: "I find myself too much concern'd to say anything that can entertain your Lordship at present & therefore will take my leave with my usual declaration & which no Circumstances can ever alter that I am with the greatest respect Vonr Lordships most Dutifull Son." 1748, Oct. 10th. Copy of a letter from Lord Townshend to his sou George. Dated at Rainham. About the returned Draft. 1748, Oct. loth, N.S. Hon. George Townshend to Lord Townshend. Dated at Eindhoven. .... "I shall only thank you for the candid 8c paternal manner in which you have review'd the whole affair & for the immediate redress you have given it. I propose waiting on you in Norfolk within a few days after I arrive in England. I am afraid the Service of Parliament will be such as will afford but little pretence for my absence being call'd a neg- lect of my Duty to my Country. His Royal Highness [the Duke of Cumberland] likes the Greyhounds I gave him so much that he lias desired me to secure him another brace not very nearly allied to tin- former that he may be able to secure the breed for Windsor." 1718, Oct. loth, O.vS. Draft of Letter from Lord Townshend to his son George, urging him most strongly to visit his constituents as soon as he arrives in England "as he ought to do if he desires to be ever chosen again by the County." 1748, Nov. 2nd. Hon. Charles Townshend to the same. Dated in Craven Street. " Dear my Lord, . . . When I came here I found many letters of nciice from my friends whom M r Pellham had desired to advise me of his intention to give me the seconding [of] our address, but I came too late & lost the opportunity in despite of his end-avers who delayed naming any other person until Sunday night when M r Cha : Yorke was appointed. M 1 ' Pellham told me on Tuesday how sorry he was this had happened & added he was the more sorry as my appearance on this occasion would have given him an opportunity of honourably mentioning me to the King, who would have been by this means prepared to grant readilv what M P Pellham said he every day thought of asking for me M r Stanhope is now dying & I am confident I should have succeeded him if I had been concerned on Tuesday last. M r Pelham hinted this to me, & I am sure he is impatient to serve ine" 1748, Nov. 5th. Hon. Geoi-ge Townshend to the same. Unaddresscd . Dated at Eindhoven. Minuted by Lord Townshend. " My sou George to me Rec a on the 31st Oct. 1748, O.S." Assuring his father that he will proceed to Rainham immediately he arrives in England, and begging him to dismiss one of the grooms he has sent with three horses to Rainham. 36G HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1748, Nov. 9th. Sir Edmund Bacon to the same. Dated at Gar- boldisham and unaddressed. Endorsed " S r Edmund Bacon's Letter concerning Stibbard & Guist Comons." The writer, who claims to possess a right of Freewarren at Ryburgh and Guist granted by Edward the Seeond and continued by Henry the Eighth and Queen Elizabeth, complains that trespassers have sheltered themselves by giving out that Lord Townshend will protect them. 1748, Nov. 14th. Copy of Lord Townshend's answer to the last. 1748, Nov. 19th. Sir Edmund Bacon to Lord Townshend. Dated at Garboldesham, and unaddressed. The writer offers to dine with his Lordship on Friday next, and will have great satisfaction if matters may then be accommodated. 1748, Nov. 29th. Hon. George Townshend to the same, at Rainharn. Dated in Craven Street. As I have now gone through the Ceremony of waiting on the Royal Family & kissing hands, attended this day the Opening of Parliament & voted his Majesty an address of Thanks for his Speech .... I shall wait on you in the Country immediately my brother Charles was this Evening taken very ill Doctor Harding hopes he will soon be better my Brother was in such Pain that when I arrived he could utter but very little " 1748, Dec. 2nd. Copy of Lord Townshend's answer to the last. From Rainham. 1748, Dec. 3rd. Copy of a letter from Lord Townshend to his son Charles, from Rainham. A letter giving advice, and expressing regrets that M r Pelham had been so unfortunately disappointed in his kind intentions. 1748, Dec. 5th. Copy of a letter from Lord Townshend to his brother Horatio acquainting him that he is sending him the horse called White Stocking. 1748, Dec. 6th. Horatio Walpole to Lord Townshend. Dated at the Cockpitt and unaddressed. About the interest on a =£3000 Mortgage (due to the writer's daughter Mary) with reference to the bankruptcy of Lord ToAvnshend's agent M r Sutton. 1748, Dec. 8th. George Townshend to the same, at Rainham. Dated in Craven Street. . . " We have no News in Town worth sending you, the attention of the Political Part is chiefly engaged on the Northumberland Election which is to be heard at the Bar of the House. M r Allgood opposes much personal Merit & behaviour in the late perilous times with as it is said a good Cause against Lord Ossulstone the Court Member & a great reluct- ance is expected on some part of the Court Members to support him " 1748, Dec. 8th. Hon. Charles Townshend to the same. Dated in Leicester Street and unaddre3sed. u Dear my Lord. .... 1 have asked M r Pelham for the vacant seat in the Admiralty but he tells me he can not promise it to me, that he will men tion me among the Candidates to the King & say that it is your request that I may have it. S r P[eter] Warren insists upon it & I believe will be complied with. As I am not only not advantageously HISTOBTCAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, 367 known, but nol even personaly to his Majesty it is little likely I Bhall mab have liis preference " 1748, Dec. 9th. The same to the same, at Rainham. Dated in Leicester Street. The writer has seen M* Pelham who holds out do hope of his obtain- ing the desired preferment and was not nuieli pleased with his Lordship'e letter. 1718, Dee. 10th. Copy of Lord Townshend's answer to Boratio Walpole's letter of Dec 1 ' 6th about M' Sutton's becoming a Bankrupt. Dee. 14th, 1748. Copy of a letter from Lord Townshend to the Duke of Newcastle. Congratulating his Grace ou his return to England and begging him to use his influence on hehalf of the Avriter's son Charles that the latter may be appointed to the vacancy at the Board of Admiralty caused hy the death of M r Stanhope. 1748, Dec. 14th. Robert Masters to Lord Townshend. Unaddressed, dated at Benet College. [Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]. " I am just now return'd from the election of the Duke of Newcastle our Chancellor, whereupon I beg leave to congratulate y r Lordship ae bearing bo near a relation to him The Master of Peter house died here the night before last, & 'tis confidently said will be succeeded in that preferment by D r Keene . . . M r Greene of S* Johns, & M 1 Younge of Trinity our Publick Orator, are talkt of as Candidates for the Regius Professorship but which or whether either will succeed in his application [I] cannot speak with any degree of certainty " 1748, Dec. 15th. Horatio Walpole to the same. Dated at the Cockpitt and unaddressed. Endorsed by Lord Townshend " Horatio Walpole's Letter to me acquainting me of his being satisfyed of my paying the Interest due on his Daughter's] Mortgage to M r Sutton his Agent." 1748, Dec. 1 6th. Copy of Lord Townshend's answer to his son George's letter of Dec r 8th. The writer urges his son to do little favours for Norfolk people in order to increase his popularity with the small freeholders. 1748, Dec. 17th. '< Copy of Lord Townshend's letter to John Sharpe Esq. about M r Sutton's being a Bankrupt and his Desire to have his Deeds placed in other hands." 1748, Dec. 2lst. The Duke of Newcastle to the seme. Dated al Newcastle House. " My dear Lord I had the honor of Your Lordships letter, relating to the late Vacancy in the Admiralty, & had before acquainted M r Townshend, as my Brother had done also, that it would not be possible to serve him upon that Occasion, & indeed the King was then resolved to give it to M r Villiers, which he has since done. Your Lordship may be assured that my Brother & I shall be extreanily glad to -hew our Regard, to One so very deserving in himself, & so very nearly n lated to us, as Your Lordships Son ; I am very sensible of Your Goodness & Inclination towards us, & shall do every thing on my Part to deserve the Continuance of it, being with great Truth, my Dear Lord, Your most affect humble. Servant Holles Newcasti* 368 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION". Mabqvbss 174S. Dec. 22nd. John Sharpe to the same at Rainbam. Endorsed X Mss. hN "M r Sharpe's letter in answer to mine about my Title Deeds which arc — in Sutton's Hands." 1718, Dec. 27th. Hon. George Townshend to the same Dated iu Craven Street and unaddressed. ' ; I should have been with your Lordship before in the Country if my Brother Charles had not bad a very severe relapse just when he pro- posed to set out .... iM r George Selwyn I hear intends to wait on you with us in consequence of your Invitation .... We have no News in Town except that one of our Transports with a great Number of Invalids & thirty four Officers is gone to the Bottom but I hope we shall hear it still contradicted. The Northumberland Election is at last given up by the Ministry, the Iniquity of the Sheriff in Lord Ossulston's behalf having been too flag- rant to admit of his Conduct appearing before y r House." 1748, Dec. 29th. Draft of a letter from Lord Townshend to his son Charles, begging the latter not to come down to Rainham. 1749, May ord. John Noyes to Lord Townshend, in Albemarle Streer. Dated at Gray's Inn. The writer is informed that the half of a King's Share in the New River Company will be extremely well sold at £3000, and that it is thought £2750 is more likely to be offered for it. 1749, May 30th. Thomas Nuthall to the same. Dated at Crosby Square and unaddressed. " I wrote to your Lordship by the Penny Post last night, that I had agreed for the sale of your [half] Share of the New River Cop r . £2301 was the price " . . . . 1749, Oct. 7th. D. Rushworth to the same. Dated at the County Hospital Northampton and unaddressed. An application for a contribution towards the support of the Charity. 1749, Nov. 10th. Charles Hardinge to the same. Dated at Buxton and unaddressed. " My honoured Lord .... The D[uke] of Devonshire's memory is not exact as to the pedigree of Miss Belvoir, & the Confederate Filly, but he says they are both as famous & as high-bred, as any Mares in England. The D[uke] of Rutland has promis'd me the pedigree of Miss Belvoir, & I shall see him soon. Fleece'em is the finest Horse I ever saw. Black-Legs is dead : As to your Lordships desire not to be stinted in the Number of Mares, I will answer for it you shall find no difficulty ... As for Sir F[rancis] Drake's Mare, I find he has been ofer'd 150 for her & therefor I have said nothing to him upon that head " . . . . 1750, July 4th. Invitation from the Constitution Club at Norwich to Lord Townshend, begging him to accept the enclosed ticket for their Feast. Signed by the Stewards, T. Hardingham, C. Newman and ja. Scott. An engraved ticket for a Constitution Feast at the Kings Arras on a later date, viz. August 1st, 1755, filled in for " The R* Hon. Lord Viscount Townshend" now accompanies this letter. 1750, July 5th. Michael Houghton to Lord Townshend. Dated at Dalham. With reference to the letting of a farm. BI8T0EI0AL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 369 17.50, Jul)- 8th. Samuel Arnull to the same Dated al Newmarket. , .... "young Ebony is not ariv'd hear yet. .M r l'iit desird me to v ' v ~ give his Duty to your Lordship & to let your Lordship know that young Ebony shoul go ■'! or 1 davs in a close of his which ha< very good Row in in it ... . M' Pitta close i-- I acere .\. better & has a house t<> put the marc & foal in if requird" .... 1760, July 13th. The same to the same. Dated ai Newmarket. " Last night I Rec'd your Lordships oftheJ) 111 which I should a bad sooner but was then at Peterborough to ride a Man- of my Lords which was 2 n<1 out of 6. M r Crofts mare woon. She was out or a ( Shilders mar.- & got by my Lonls Arabian. Ebony is this day arivd with hur (illy at her Toot safe at this Place & arc both well" 1750, Dec. 12th. John Sharpe to the same. Informing his Lordship M 1 ' Hood the clerk to .M r Sutton "- ( iommission of Bankruptcy has found all bis deeds and is ready to deliver them to M r Child or his Lordship and the mortgagees. 1748, May 8th. Augustus Ilervey, afterwards Karl of Bristol, to Lady Townshend. Dated on board the "Phoenix in Vado-Bay," and unaddressed. " Tlio' 1 have never receiv'd one line from D[ea]r Lady Townshend since [ left England, yet 1 cannot help writing one now by Cap" Foulka who has the Adm 11 ' 9 Leave for three Months, & who has been abroad with me the whole time of my being out: he will tell you how well Jemmie is that I have taken him into this ship with me, & shall take all the Cara of him in my power. The Sea has given him an opportunity to practise his wild Spirit, & tho' a little endanger'd by the Heat of our warm Climate, yet all is well again ; he is forgiv'n on promises ot future reserve: The young Dog got ashore when 1 was up at Turin, & went astrai/. Pray now let me ask you (for I know you are sincere) what has prevented your writing to me after promising — was it that you had promis'd or was it that you heard of my Success and at once imagin'd 1 became Worldly ? If either, permitt me to say you are to blame. I'm sure M r Selwyn will agree with me, & M r Hume will condemn you. I have wrote three or four letters to you, and am heartily sorry if you have never had them ; I'm sure you'll repent of nor having wrote to me, when I tell you that except [from] my Mother, I have receiv'd no letter from any Relation ; I have [had] only one from my Cncle Aston ever siuce I have been out of England. 1 shall referr to Cap* Foulks all Particulars concerning myself & be content with telling you, that if 'tis Peace, 1 hope not to see England [for] some time, as I'm in a Ship that 1 flatter myself will be station'd here. You cannot expect to hear any News from me ; and to tell your Ladyship the Truth I'm at a loss for a Style at present, least if I write in my usual one to you I shou'd offend, because I have not had the Satisfaction since I have been out to hear your approbation ; for which reason I had better be quick in assuring you that this is only for an opportunity of convincing you that Nothing can prevent my ever remaining — Your Ladyships— -Mosl faithfull A: Obed 1 humble serv*. A. IIkuvey." [No datej. The same to same. Written at " Portsmouth Tuesday Morning," and unaddressed. "Tis probable D[eajr Lady Townshend that you may have flatter'd yourself my being out of Town wou'd prevent your being troubled with U 24953. A A 370 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess mo longer, but you sec I'm as incapable of refraining from this kind of MSsf™" proxy Visit when absent, as I am solicitous of ever being with you in person when possible. I own this miserable Situation I'm now in, hotter qualifies me for a correspondent of yours than was I induced to be one of the World from the imaginarry pleasures of a gayer place: The People hero I think are rather more fit to converse with than any where else, for tbey railly appear too ignorant to be knaves: yet with nil this Temptation, I'm inclined to wish myself among the Wise Great again. The D[uke] of Hambleton is here, very ill ; on my Arrival I went to see him, as I was in a Sea Port Town, I thought myself nearer my home than he c d [be], & therefore was in hopes to be of service to him, in getting his People and things on b[oar]d for him ; but I found he had alter'd his Intentions of going by sea to Lisbon ; he so is weak, he can't undertake the Voyage for fear of his Stomach, having been twice taken with very severe Vomitting of Blood — they say he can't (poor Man) live many days longer ; No Wonder ! for the Instant he recovers a little, he drinks 'till four, five, & six in the Morning. I'm going to live aboard for the Time I am here, how long it will be before I can ask r for leave] I know not. for my Ship is not yet quite ready for the Dock ; tho' I hope I shall be able to meet M 1 ' Townshend, & methinks I w d not desire to be happy while he is otherwise ; had I a probability of ever being so. No, I have learn't to love him from Character, & my soul shall sympathize with his ; It has been charm'd, when perhaps his was in raptui'es ; why should it not mourn, now his is in Sorrow. Yes, believe me if I cou'd alleviate the Pains he now feels, by taking a share to /nyself, I wou'd support my additional Burthen without a groan. Adieu I imagine I must have tir'd you ; I wish you'd endeavour if 'twere possible you cou'd me, by reading your sentiments. God bless you, here are impertinent people coming in on Bussiness & I can only beg you to be assur'd that I am not capable of saying I was, if I was not most sincerely. — Y r faithfull affectionate & Obed* Ser* A : Hervey. [P.S. Please direct]. To me Command 1 * of the Princessa at Ports- mouth." 1751, Oct. 9th. Lord Townshend to Henry Pelham. Draft in the handwriting of Lord Townshend. Dated at Rainham. Unsigned and unaddressed. Endorsed " Copy of My Letter to M r Pelham." " Sir — It gave me no small concern when I had the honor of waiting on you last, to find that the request I then took the liberty of offering to you surprized you in the manner you were pleased to say it did. It now 30 years since I first came into Parliament, and the request I made to you that I might be allowed to have a share in the subscription for Ann[uitie]s and Lottery, in case there should be one granted for next year, is the first of this kind I ever made to you or to any Minister since I have been in Parliament. You know, Sir, for how very small a part of the 30 years I have held any place from the Court and if. under these circumstances, I did ask for a larger share in the subscrip- tion than may be usually given to every particular person who has the good fortune to be favoured by you, I really do not see why you should be so much astonish'd at my request, as you seem'd to be. If many Persons who have raised large fortunes by the indulgence fchey have mett with in being permitted to advance their money to the Public on all occasions have been admitted into such subscriptions upon all occasions of this kind to such a degree as has entitled them to a quantity of Tickets from every subscription little inferior to what I have HISTORICAL MANUBCRIPTB COMMISSION. 371 desired a1 this time, can ii be though! any presumption in me who bave marquess never in the course of 80 years, troubled any Ministry with any " mss. sollieitiifions of this kind, to express my hopes that I might be favdrti for only one year with a number of Tickets perhaps a little larger than what has been allow'd to them or to some of them, as often as they have subscribed ? I have been credibly inform'd bj Persons speaking upon authority which cannot !»■ doubtfull in this case thai a Merchant in the City wi allow'd to subscribe in his own name 100,000/. in thi< lasl subscription for Ann| niiicjs and Lottery, this sum entitled him to 3333 Lottery tickets. IT the near relation which I have the honor to hoar to you, the desire I have (tor reasons perhaps not entirely unknown to you) of being able to do something for my family, the obligations which you are so kind 88 to profess you have to my Father, incline you to show to me any degree of favor beyond the instance I have given, I shall be obliged to you for it ; if not I beg leave to remind you of the promise you lately made me that I should have leave to make such a subscription as shall produce :i quantity of Tickets equal to the highest number which shall he allow'd to any other particular person whatsoever. I trouble you with this letter as T have found from experience that w hen I wait upon vou I can never have an opportunity of Rpeaking my whole mind to you without interruption. I am with great Respect and Regard — Sir — Your most Dutiful] and affectionate humble servant." 1752, March 12th. Josiah Tucker (afterwards Dean of Gloucester) to Lord Townshend. Dated at Bristol and unaddressed. It was pro- bably sent under a cover addressed to the Author of 'National Thoughts. 1 « S r — 1 was in London when You did me the Honor to send your National Thoughts, w oh came in two Covers, neither of them Franker/ ; W cU Omission I very readily impute to y e Carelessness of yo r Book- seller. Your Sentiments as to y e Connection between Morals & Commerce are entirely the same with my own ; And I have always looked upon y e Notion, that Commerce is founded in Luxury, to be a \er, fatal Mistake. The true Foundation of National. Extensive, & lasting Commerce are such Artificial Wants as are either virtuous in themselves, or at least not inconsistent with Virtue ; And every De- viation from this Rule promotes Commerce in the Body Politic no otherwise than as a Fever may be said to promote the Circulation of y Blood in the Body Natural. I find y c present deplorable State of our Poor, in the Consequences of w* all Banks & Degrees must necessarily be involved, is come to such an heigbl a- lo put several eminent 4 worthy Persons to think seriously of a Remedy : — But without pretending to y e Spirit of Pro- phecy, or depreciating any Scheme that has been offered, I will venture to foretell, That no effectual Cure can be had for y e Evil, till y" Common People are excluded from their present Influence in the Business of Elections. And let us suppose y 6 best Schemes imaginable & y c best unaided, thev will immediately degenerate in our present Circumstam into Electioneering Jobbs. Indeed all Parties will exclaim ag 8 " each other tor doing such Lad things, but all will do y e very same in their Turns. And y° only Cure of y e Evil, i< y Removing of V Temptation. You have considered y° Case of y fc Bounty upon Corn with greal Exactness. But y° Exportation of Corn is not so eh- a A 2 MSB. 372 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. m^rqcess couraging a Trade as is commonly imagin'd ; And there is scarce a Towhshbkd Merchant who hath followed it for ten years together, but complains that he has lost money. And indeed there is some Reason; for it is a kind of Lottery, in w f ' b there are a few Prizes & many Blanks As to y e Manufacture of Spirituous Liquors, We all see y c Incon- veniences arising from \ '' excessive Use of them in these Kingdoms, but we seem to think, that no Harm ensues from y e Exportation of them to our Customers abroad. Whereas in my humble Opinion, whatever is pernicious to our Customers, will in y e end be detrimental to Our- selves. And y e Havock, w ch Rum hath made among y e Indians on y e Continent of America, is a melancholly Proof of this Observation. But, indeed we do export considerable Quantities of home made Spirituous Liquors to Africa, & other Places ; And cheap enough ; — An eminent Merch* of this Place assuring me, that he can get any Quantity from Worcester to be delivered ;it Bristol from 14 (1 to 15 d r p Gall ; the Duty being drawn back. Thus, S r , I have ventured to give my Thoughts with that Openness & Freedom, w cb yo r Goodness will excuse, as considering it to proceed from an upright Intention. If I have not been sufficiently reserved in my Stile & Application to You, the Ignorance of yo r Quality must, he my Excuse. And I remain," etc. 1752, April 2nd. Lord Townshend to Rev. Josiah Tucker. Copy. Dated at Grosvenor Street, and endorsed " Copy of my Answer to M 1 Tucker's letter Dated April 2 d 1752." 5 pp. "Sir — Not long since a letter from you was left at my house by a Porter inclosed under Cover directed to me by another hand. I had great pleasure in reading it and was still more pleased when I considered that it gave me some pretensions to trouble you with one, and to express my hopes that I may have the satisfaction of seeing you when you shall be up in Town again. Your Remarks on National Thoughts are made with great Candor. That Pamphlet was, 1 believe, wrote & printed in a very great hurry to answer a particular view just at the time when it was published ; and I have good reason to believe that the Appendix was drawn up in great haste after the Pamphlet was sent to the Press. If this be the case, it is not a matter of surprise that what is ofler'd in thai short appendix, upon a Point of so extensive a nature as that, of the Bounty on Corn is, should not carry that clearness in Proof which every one might expect and has a right to demand before he does give up a general receiv'd opinion which he has embraced, and more especially upon a point where as a Landowner he is greatly interested. Tho' I cannot within the compass of a letter pretend to demonstrate to you how great the Damages are which do arise to the Nation and to the Farmer in particular from the Bounty which is allowed on Corn, yet I do beg leave to say that I think that the truth of this Proposition may be demon- strated as clearly as any Proposition in Euclid ....... I know from the reason of things and from information that there is no Nation in Europe which lias or can grow Corn so cheap as England has done for some years past. But I must deny the consequence drawn from hence that therefore you should allow a Bounty for exportation. For it is an absurd piece of extravagance, pardon the expression, to allow a Bounty to export what will find a Vent without it and the Bounty in this and all cases (if the exporter does sell tin- Corn abroad proportionally cheaper on that account, which perhaps is but seldom the ease) must have this bad effect of enabling foreign Countries to feed their Manfacturers and Labourers of all kinds at a cheaper rate with our HI8TOKICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 373 own produce than we can feed our own. A greal deal more may be said "ii fchia subjed which I must now omitt But give me leave before I conclude to say in answer to yours that if 1 could he satisfy'd thai the abolishing the manufacture of Spirituous Liquors in England would put a Btop t<> the manufacture of those Liquors in all Countries, I Bhould readily agree to have the manufacture of (hem totally stopl here, Jim as I think our Debauchery of this kind would in Buch case be supported by foreign Liquors intirely, we should under such a Regulation uol only loose our people s bul give great encouragement to a foreign manufacture, and consequently he the sooner ruin'd One word more to another Point. It is my Opinion that it wc could be so happy as to break through the Custom of Annual s essio usofP arliamen]t we should soon find thai Electioneer- ing Jobbs ond Jobbs of all lands would be less freqnent. My meaning is that there should always ho a P[ arliainon jt < ■ x i - 1 i n <_r in the Kingdom but that it should not inc. t in time of Peace oftener than once in 3 years. I would not have a law to li\ this but the Commons in time of peace should grant supplies for 3 years. Excuse the trouble I give vou here and favour me when you come to London with an Opportunity of explaining my self more clearly and fully than I can do in a letter, which I have wrote in some hurry, my time being now and havin« been for some time past pretty much taken up with business. — I am — Y r most Obedient Sen '." 17.52, April 5th. Rev. Josiah Tucker to Lord Townsend. Dated at Bristol. " My Lord — This Morning I had y° Honour to receive a L* from your Lordship; for w '' I think myself obliged to make a speedy Acknowledg- ment in y e most humble Manner. Your Lordship's Goodness is very great, & deserves my particular Thanks for overlooking some expn - ions in my Letter, not sufficiently respectful to a Person of yo r Rank & Station. 1 redly did not know, Who was concerned in National /'//,i//(//i/s, iV; therefore wrote to M r Doddesley the Publisher, to request him to direct my Letter to y° Author, & send it to him: And your Lordship has been pleased not only to accept y e Sincerity of my Inten- tion, but to honour me with a most obliging & instructive Letter. Tho", my Lord, I cannot yet see all things precisely in the same light that you do, 1 begin to make some Approaches towards it: & Hud, that as to y 8 general Plan & fundamental Principles of Commerce I am B0 happy as to have my Sentim* 8 approved of by yo r Lordship in every particular. And I wish every Land Owner in G. Britain thought of Commerce. )"' Increase of People, & of their Industry and .Morals in y° Manner Your Lordship hath so justly recommended to them, & joyned in vigorous Resolutions of destroying Monopolies, exclusive Privileges, Companies, & Preemptions of every kind: For most un- doubtedly all these are prejudicial to y e time, National, Landed Interest. If we had greater Numbers of People, y° Question about y c Expediency of a Bounty upon Corn wo d cease of course, because there wo' 1 be a sufficient Price in our own Markets. But as y e Case stands at present, I wo d not, for my own Part, take away the Bounty from y e Exporter all at once, but lessen it by Degrees, & at y e same time encourage the Encrease of our People by proper Laws, & a well founded Police. In National Thoughts I observe all y e Schemes offered, are of y e pterin tire kind; that is, they are rather calculated to remove y e Temptation, than to punish y° Crime. This is beyond Dispute, y best Method upon every Ace 1 , & y° thing y° most wanted of all others in these Kingdoms. In short 1 cannot help declaring my Opinion to your 374 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Lordship, That tho 1 believe our Laws in general are as good as most of our Neighbours, our Police is y e most defective, & y' worst calculated to prevent" y e Subject from transgressing >'' Laws, of any in Europe : Indeed we are multiplying Temptations, & laying new Baits of Pleasure every Day, & then make a Wonder, that our People are grown so abandoned & debauched. Your Lordship is pleased to observe, that Farming is a Species of' Manufacture; — I think so too ; And am so pleased with y c Idea, that I beg leave to make y° following Remark: — Farming is not oidy a Manu- facture, but y. e most important, & requires as much Skill f Commerce S> Theory of Taxes. If your Lordship has minuted down any Thoughts having a Tendency to these Subjects, I hope your Lordship will pardon the Presumption, if I desire to be honoured with a, Sight of them. And I remain, with very great Esteem and due Respects Josiah Tuckeu." 1752, April 13th. Lord Townshend to the Rev. M 1 ' Tucker. Copy. 5| pp. This letter is a closely reasoned argument against Corn Bounties ; it concludes : — " One would think from the general cry of people that Corn is a drug, and that therefore it is impossible to find a foreign Markett for it, and that it cannot ah be consumed at home. We must lower our Rents, Tennants cannot pay their Rents, they will be undone and such liks exclamations from all Landlords as well as Tenants ; I say that when 1 hear all this I conclude that the general sentiments of people are, that the poverty of a Nation is created by plenty, and vice versa that the Wealth of a Nation consists in its having a scarcity of every thing, that when Corn is in plenty hero there is less profitt gott by sending it abroad than when it is scarce at home • For my part ] think that the Wealth of a Nation consists in being provided with plenty of every thing. T think that England is at present in a very unnatural State, Money is cheap and every thing else is dear. This situation she is brought into by the many absurd Laws we have, and it is the most dangerous situation that any trading Nation can be in. And I fear that unless some of these Laws be repealed that we shall soon see a decline of Trade. This observation on our present state added to that of the nielancholly state of the lower class of People was the occasion of the attempt I made this last winter to draw up a Bill for opening the course of Industry, a Copy of which I herewith have taken the freedom of sending to you inclosed under two other different Covers ; and I hope you will excuse its not being a fair one. If you shall find it worth your notice I should he glad to hear your thoughts upon it. I am satisfyed I have tired you as well as myself with this letter. 1 must therefore take my leave of you and will with your approbation trouble you on HXSTOKIOAL MANU.sCKIl'T- COMMISSION. M5 some other occasion with what I did intend uoa to have offered to you , relating to our Poor Laws and upon the subject of our Ta 1752, April 22nd. Rev. Jqsiafa Tucker to Lord Townshend. Dated at Bristol and unaddressed. " Your Lordship has been extremely obliging & con- descending, I sincerely thank You lor if: But 1 beg leave t" express my Obligations more particularly for having my Prejudices removed by y r Lordship's kind Instruction. You have sufficiently convinced me that Bounties cannoi in- of any National Service to a Manufacture w 1 * is passed its Infancy If y Nation was eased of this Expence, the Savings might in- applied to making up the Deficiencies la certain Branches of y e Revenue, w : I hope will be occasioned one Day or other, by a Repeal of these absurd Laws, w oh pay a Tax upon Raw Materials, & other Articles necessary for carrying on a Manufac- ture It seems a Land Carrier may carry Coals to what Distances he pleases, without paying any Tax ; But a Carrier by Sea must pay a Duty from one Fort to another ; And this too in a Country whose Glory it is to be a Maritime Power. And to complete y" Ab- surdity, this Coal w 1 ' is taxed if used in y e carrying on any of our own Manufacturers, shall lie sent to all our Rivals to he used by them Duty free. ...... I am mightily pleased with yo l Lordship's general Remarks, A: manner of accounting for People's frequent & gross Mistakes in y" Affairs of Commerce: It certainly is as yo v Lordship observes, by arguing from Particulars to Generals ; whereas in this Case a Man sho d form to himself a General Plan drawn from y e Properties of Com- merce, & then descend to particulars & Individuals, & observe whether they are co-operating with y e general Interest: Unless he doth this, he studies Trade only as a Monopolist, & doth more Hurt than Good to the Community. When Your Lordship is at Leisure I shall be very glad to be favoured with yo r Thoughts on Taxes ; And from what I have seen already, 1 promise to myself much Advantage & Instruction. It seems to me, that y° Affair of Taxes may be compared to the Pruning of a Tree; w ch if done with Judging will make y e Tree grow y e better certain it is that a judicious Application of Taxes to check y e Follies A prune away the Excressences of High Life, & prevent y° Idlene Dissoluteness, & Intemperance of the Poor, is so beneficial to Commerce that it may be much questioned -whether y e whole of Trade doth not derive all its Motions from it. If Ale & Strong Leer were at l d a Quart, all our Manufactures would be ruined. I rejoyce greatly to Hud that yo 1 ' Lordship has taken in hand y e Repeal of y 6 -V h of Q. Klizabeth, [cap. May you prosper in it. Our Manufacturers in this Part of y* World are all ready to petition for- y e Opening of y e Turky & Hudsons Bay Trade ; And wo d soon appear with proper Representations, if they had any Person of Weight & Spirit to head them in Parliam 1 . I beg pardon, my Lord for this very long & tedious Letter." 1752, May 5th. Horatio Walpole to Lord Townshend. Dated at the Cockpit. •• My dear Lord, — If this finds your L^P in the Country, & you have leisure enough to look into your late father's Political papers, I ahould be glad to have a sight of those letters that he wrote & received while he was Ambassador in Holland in the late Queen Ann's reign, because I have under my Consideration, some Posthumous Works of the late Lord Bolingbroke, & the sight of your father's papers might be of Service to 376 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess ^et t in a true light, the false & scandalous misrepresentations of the trans- ° W mss ENP actions in w ch Lord Townshend had been greatly concerned. You will excuse this Liberty & believe me ever to be with the greatest respect." 1752, May 6th. Lord Townshend to the Rev. Josiah Tucker. Rough Draft, dated at Rainhain. Sir — I came to this place on Friday last when I rec d your most ob- liging letter of the 22 d last Tns 1 . The Bill I sent to you was drawn out pritty early in the last Session, but not before the House of Commons were actually enter'd upon the consideration of various Schemes for forming new Regulations in the poor Laws ; and as I then found that the Ministry endeavour'd all in their power to prevent any matters being offer'd to Parliament which might protract the Sessions and disappoint His Maj'-V in his intentions of setting out for Hanover in this Spring, I chose rather to lay the Bill aside tor the next Sessions, when the hurry which appear'd in this would not exist and people might, as I thought, possibly be better inclined to give it some degree of consideration when offer'd at a time of more leisure. The earnest desire I have to see this point brought before Parliament may move me to present this Bill, tho I do not think my selfe in any degree well qualifyed for such a task and I wish I may be so fortunate before the time comes as to prevail on a more able Person to present this or some other Bill of the like purport. You need not give your self the trouble to send back the copy 1 sent you, but let me have the additional clauses you propose. And when you come to Town we may consider the whole together. I happen'd one morning long before T troubled you with National Thoughts, to shew the Bill to an acquaintance of mine, who is a Member of the House of Commons and our Conversation turning afterwards on Trade, he recommended to me your Reflections on the Expediency of a Line for the Naturalization of Foreign Protestants which I soon after- wards sent for. I thought it the best Pamphlet I ever read and I scut everal copies to Norwich, Lynn and to different parts of Norfolk and Suffolk. In my enquiries for this Pamphlet I mett with your Essay on Trade published in the year 1750 which I must confess was likewise new to me. From this work I found that your general maxims of Trade are good and pure, & that your knowledge in all the Branches of Trade is very extensive & far beyond mine I agree with you entirely in your general plan of Trade, that all Companies, and exclusive Priviledges ought to be abolish'd. All Mono- polies in every shape are destructive to the Trade and good order of the Community. I think as far as I have been able to consider it that your Essay on Trade is a most masterly performance But I do not agree with you in what you propose for regulating the Poor or in your Courts of Guardians, nor can I be of opinion that a Militia can under any supposed circuumstances be tolerable in a trading and free Hation. Von will wonder, but it is very true, that I had not ^ee)i or even heard of S'" M[athew D[ecker']s Essay on the causes and Decline of the Foreign Trade till I found it quoted in your Essay. I have since got it and have dipp'd into it, though I have not had time to read it through regularly. I like it much. The general maxims are good but he some- times mistrusts their guidance in tin; application of them to particular cases He desires very truely that where Trade and Industry are left open and free to their natural courses labor will be HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 377 cheap and that the price of manufactures arc determined cheifly by the price of labor. Thai in the woollen manufactory the price of the manu- facture to thai of the material, wool, is as 3 to I. Thai a Bounty on exported wool thd absurd and destructive hurts that mannfactury only, but that a Bounty on Corn, as it supplys the Foreigner with our Corn al a cheaper raje than an Englishman can have it, make- hi- labor cheaper than the Englishman's ami consequently enables him to under- work i> in every manufacture. Notwithstanding all this sound Doctrine he proposes to form Companies ami to erect Magazines of < lorn in every County lor the management of our Coin. A mosl Burprizing absurdity ami inconsistency ! [f Trade and Industry and all our Ports were thrown open, an. I all Duties, Prohibitions, Bounties, ami Monopolies of every kind whatso- ever were taken of I and destroyed as you have very judiciously pro- posed, you would, 1 am perswaded, SOOn find that private Traders here would erect Warehouses loi- Corn as they have done for other manu- factures and we should then have them on a reg( ularj and natural footing and this Island would then be, as Holland has been, the great market ol Europe for Corn. Bui as long as the Bounty remains .this cannot be if Trade and all matters relative to it were put on your Plan money and every thin-' would be in ureal plenty and very cheap and the nation would be rich and powerfully And could 1 he [so] happy as to see your Plan n-Stablish'd 1 should not be alarm'd if I heard that the Kin"- of France was chosen King of the Romans. All Europe must bow to England when in such a Situation. ^ Your Remark on the Regulation of the Duty on Coals give me new information .... I did not know that this Tax was so absurdly circumstanced as you inform me in your letter, and your observations upon it are very just. 1 agree with you in every observation you have made in your letter upon our Laws of Trade but 1 cannot agree to what your neighbour the Merchant asserts that we do export great quantities of spirituous liquors io Africa and diverse other Countries. He is mistaken, we do not export any Spirituous Liquors to any part of the Globe but to the Coast of Africa and no great quantities go thither You seem to think that if the Bounty on Corn was taken of[f] and Trade in general put on the Plan you have recommended that Ale & strong Beer would be sold at Id. a Quart. I really cannot see how it is possible to suppose that Ale and strong Beer should fall to that price or to any price near that. Your general plan would promote a general spirit of Industry and must in consequence in its operation reform the morals of the poor; when the poor are allow'd the priviledge of making use of their senses they will no! I>e SO inclinable to drown'd them as they now are in the lazy idle way of Lite in which our Laws oblige them to live. Lay aside the custom of annual Sessions of Parliament and the general disposition of the rich will he reform'd. But no further on this Head P.S. I am glad to hear thai the manufacturers in the West begin to see their own interest and 1 wish them encouragement and success in their present desire. If you approve of it 1 will try if I can find out one of the House of Common- who may disposed to head them." 1752, June 1st. Rev. Josiah Tucker to Lord Townshend. Dated at Bristol and unaddressed. -1 rind you fix upon that Method of raising Taxes, w 1 ' is mentioned in y e Essay on Trade p. US. ll<). And indeed I do give my opinion now", as I have done it there, that it i- so much y« best, & ver\ 378 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. practicable ; And now were once our Taxes put upon Unit Footing, 1 do agree with yo r Lordship, we need not care, who is Emperor of Ger- many or K. of France. Our Finances wo d then be upon a right Foun- dation, all Trade free, & Ports open : And y e whole Edifice of Governm 1 might be compared to a stately Structure where y e nicest Proportion was observod, & where all y e Parts mutually strengthen each other The Plan of y° Treatise I am now upon is as follows : I. 1 consider in a Preliminary Dissertation y e Commercial nature of Man as arising from two distinct Principles, & different kind of Wants, viz. Self Love & Social Love ; Animal Wants & Social Wants. And as y c Entranc in o Society multiplies all our Wants, & Self Love is much the strongest Principle in Human Nature; hence I infer; that every Man is naturally a Monopolist If 1 do not tire Yo 1 Lordship 1 wo" add one subject more : M 1 ' Addison in his Travels speaking of the Rep[ublick] of Lucca, has the following remarkable Observations : — •' It is very pleasant to see how the small Territories of this little Republick are cultivated to the best Advantage ; so that one cannot hud the least Spot of Ground, that is not made to contribute to the Owner. — This Republick is shut up in the Great Duke's Dominions <&c." Here My Lord, You see all y e Disadvantages of Situation ; not one Sea-Port, or Navigable River : And yet all the Proofs & Symptoms of a flourishing Commerce. Is it possible therefore to get some Insight into the Police & Regulations in this Republick for an Encrease of People — Preserva- of Good Morals — Free Trade — Sufficiency of Current Coin — and judi- tious Taxes ? If a proper Information co d be procured of the Particulars perhaps some Use might be made of it in an Application to our- selves ; And we might learn what the Size of Hercules wo d be, by Measuring his Foot. — I am, etc. Josiah Tucker." 1752, July 2nd. " To the Honorabill Lord Townshend att His House in Grovner square — London — this" Honrabil my Lord — I hoinbely beag your Lordships pardon for tro- billiug your Lordship with any thing of this kind but I have bin Lame this 2 years of y LJ Roumits as thay call it & have had all most all the Doctars in London & have bin in hige parke Hosptel but got no Good & thay all say as nothing will do me any Good but y e Bath & there I can not goo for I have nothing to go with. God hellp me for it hase cost me above 3 scouer pounds all wrady . but as my Housbaud was an olid sarvant to your Lordship & I had y e Honer to sarve your Lordship some time till wee mariyed & both sarved your Lordship soberly & honistly but I had y r misforting in maring your man Bing[a]men Higgins that is all y e offence I hope wee ever did as I no of & I hope & dont dout that your Honer will be so charatibell & good as to besto something of a poor lame cripill for if I can not git to go to Bath I will to y e Dockter Ward I must gitt to goo som whear or to y e parish if I dont gil my Lims — My Good & Hornabill Lord I shall for ever pray for your Lordship & am your Dutiful] & obedent & Houmbill sarvant Grace Higgins. I Log alt M 1 ' 1 book's in Lankister Courte next Door to y e French Home in new Pond Street Grovner Squear. I must gitt out of town lor cheapnes" HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 379 1752, July 13th. Rev. Josiah Tucker to Lord Townshend. Dated ..^\ hi -' .it Bristol ami unaddressed. My Lord — Yesterday's Post brought me a most obliging Letter from yo 1 ' Lordship. . . . L am to set out y e 20 for Wales, in order to take Possession of b small inconsiderable Prebend in the Church of S 1 Davids; but shall hasten back with ail possible Expedition, & hope to be in Bristol again by thi beginning of August, to throw myself al your Lordship's feet. I!' you come here by y 3 d or -l' 1 '; 1 Batter myself that nothing but inevitable Accidents will prevent me from writing to you. And 1 haw: y great Desire of doing it, as 1 hope to improve by y Honour of your Con- versation in many particulars, of w'' 1 ' al present 1 very much doubt my own Judgment : — Only as to y fl Bounty on Corn I make no scruple to del lare that 1 am entirely convinced by yo 1 ' Lordship's Arguments ; And if ever my Pamphlet on Naturalization sho' 1 ha\ e a second Edition, I shall lie very glad to let y e World know, to whom 1 am obliged for that Emendation. If Your Lordship will please to admit me as yo 1 ' Disciple, I hope to make up in Docility what I may waut in Judgment. I Jind by y° daily Papers, that there is a subscription of Noblemen & ( ientlemen all over England for the Preservation of y c Game. — 1 have no Objection ag 8 * such a Design: But, my Lord, you are y° only Nobleman 1 can find, who expresses any Concern for the Preservation qf Trade ; An Object certainly as well worthy y e Attention of Person., of Birth, Rank, & Fortune, as J lares and Partridges. [ send a duplicate of this Letter to yo r Lordship's House in Town, least y c present sho cI miscarry. Josiah TicKi.1;." 17-52, Augt. 17th. William -Gale to the same. From Chippenham. Returning thanks for a book, and sending compliments. 17.32, Sept. L8th. Karl of Orford to the same. Unaddressed. Dated "Tuesday Sep. 18 th ," and endorsed in Lord Townshend's handwriting k . 1752 — Sep* the 18 th L d Grford's letter to me." " My Lord — As there has been a Subscription set on foot for yearly Races at Swaffham, and it seems to be the Sence of the Gentle- men of the County in general that such a Meeting is wanting, 1 should be much obliged to your Lordship if you would show your Approbation <>l it, by giving me leave to set you down as a Subscriber. As your Lordship has formerly been a Friend to the Turf elsewhere, I flatter myself you will not be unwilling to encourage it in your own County, and that you will excuse the liberty of this Application from — My Lord — Your Lordships — Most Obedient humble Servantt Ok*"ori>." 1752, Nov. 27th. Augustus Hervey to Lady Townshend. Dated al Genoa and unaddressed. " This is the third letter I have wrote to your Lady 8 ^ since 1 have been abroad; & 1 must repeat my usual complaint of never hearing from you — tho' I must own it has been y 1 ' former kind Indulgence that has only intitled me to expect it now — -As to George [Townshend] I look upon him as a Man burned in the Matrimonial Sepulehar & till he is wak'd out of his Tomb by the Squalling of half a dozen Bratts • expect to know no more of him : But 1 confess (let me vent myself by chideing) 1 did not imagine Lady Townshend wou'd so shortly forget one of her Chimney Corner party. Your Lady ha.- a thousand sub- jects to write of that you know are interresting to me — your own Well fare, George's (toute ingratequ'il est), in short write of Die J tot Jit 380 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. any thing that relates to you & recals the many hours you have per- mitted me to pass away at Whitehall. For my Part unless I could send you a Mouth's Sun or a Basket of Fruit, I know of nothing in this Country that would give you ;i moment's pleasure or amusement. For unlike our Lady Caroline's, our Lady this, our Lady that, our Miss this, our Miss that, the Women are all so poor that their out- sides are no better adorn'd than the Jnsides of the Men ; they are as dirty h as Frippery as their Gallants arc vain & ignorant, & the Commerce of the one as little desirable for want of a right Pride ; as that of the other is from a wrong one. There is nothing more common in Italy than to see a great Princess who will return a Visit to no Lady of an inferior Title, stroling round the Streets for amusement & in a continued Conversation w th her own Footmen who to facilitate this entertainment walk on each side of her Coach, holding by the Doors. They play for Half-pence w th the utmost Avidity; & he that will be cheated of three & six pence never fails of going away w th the Reputation of being the most gallant man of the Company. I was delighted w th a thing say'd the other day by one of their own Countrymen w ch putt their understandings in a light equally true & ridiculous. The Italian Women (say's he) are such Fools that if three of them are gott together; tis possible that one may say 2 & 2 makes 4, another that 2 & 2 make 5, & whilst the dispute grows warm, the third shall be embarrass'd w ch to decide for. The Men are not in a Form, one Degree higher : they are too proud to seek or suffer the Company of their inferiors ; too jealous to be pleased with that of their equals; & too ignorant to be able to bear their own. However I have had the good Fortune to meet w th two or three here who both know 'tis possible to communicate one's Ideas in other Languages besides Italian, & have a notion of there being inhabited Country's beyond the Alps ; two Branches of knowledge that few Gentlemen or Ladies on this Side of them arrive at. I pass a good deal of my time w th them & w th more pleasure than I have done any part of it since I left Lisbon. Indeed I have been ill with a Pleurisie, & therefore bad Health, or bad Objects, I dont know w cb , or perhaps both, have quite cured me of flirting ; 'tis so long (tell Lady Caroline) since I have seen so spruce a Toy let as hers, that I have hardly the Idea of one ; and if I venture ever again to accost a fine Lady, 1 believe it will be blushing, stuttering, twisting my Thumbs, & so much in the style of S r Willfull Witwood, that if the Lady refused to fetch a Walk I should be extreamly puzzled for a second Question to putt to her ; & in much greater Confusion to ask her the last Favour, than any Woman in France or Italy I believe ever felt in granting it. Your Lady sp wont credit this change perhaps ; & I wish I did not feel it, but I am absolutely an old Fellow. I rejoice in basking in the sun ; every Limb is a Baronietre, & foretells Rains, Winds, Snows &c. — I begin to tell storys of what I was ; pretend to despise Pleasures I am past taking ; rail at Wine because I drink none (nor have not since I left England) condemn gaming because I have no spare Money to play; & like the Dog in the Manger stare at every charitable Gentlewoman, that throws her oats to these Animals who are glad to eat them ; t ho' perhaps like most other reformers my only quarrel to the Banquet, is not being bidden or not having an Appetite. Now Dear Madam after what I have acknowledged myself dwindled into ; 'twill be impudence to expect y r Lady s i> will allow such a Creature much of y 1 ' time ; but 'till I come to a pair of Spectacles, a news-paper, and a Pipe, & confining my whole Conversation to Virtue & Vice w ,h out having ;i vieAV to either in my Conduct I flatter myself now & then you'll hear me relate extraordinary things over a Cup of M r HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 381 Johnson's good Chocolate in a Morning; & when ML' French or Lord Waldegrave'd Lngaged sometimes allow me to make a fourth in an mbs Evening at Whist ■ .V whatever changes you may discover in my Person, Parts, or Conversation there is one w 1 ' I'll venture to assure y* Lady"* von will never find, w ' is my being otherwise than— Madam — Your moat faithfull Oblig'd & Obed* Serv 1 A. Hi. i:\i.v. Forgive my having made as many Blotts rs lines bul I have not time to write it over again. I am going to a very great J'.all & Feast, & the Posl will be gone too early in the .Morning for me. 1 beg a thousand kind thingsto George & respectfull ones to Lady Ferrers— for all the rest speak of me (as Othello says) as I am— nothing extenuate." 1753, Jan. 20th. Lord Townshend to his son Charles Townshend. Rough draft ; unsigned. " Dear Charles— I was most extremely concerned and surprised upon reading the contents of the letter your "servant brought to me on Wed- nesday last. I am thoroughly sensible from what 1 have experienced from your constant and uniform conduct towards me that nothing I can offer on this occasion to dissuade you from your present scheme will or can have any effect. But give me have to remind you that if your income in your present situation is so strait and severe as you represent what, a melancholy situation must you and your Lady be in if you marry with the additional income of only £700 per ai '" at the most. The reversionary expectations which as you say attend the Lady's fortune are not as you truely observe objects to a person in your situation. Advice from me is never agreeable to you nor would you ever throughout the whole course of your life hitherto attend to it so that 1 shall not detain you long even on this occasion. I am indeed very sorry to hear that you have enter'd upon such a scheme and project as this is, but it is your own and 1 will have nothing to do with it. I am equally surprised to find that you call on me to make up the fortune of this match. It is not in my power to advance anything on .- 1 1 1 \ snch like occasion; nor were it in my power would it be in my disposition to make any advance upon a match which cannot, he made suitable to your present circumstances. I desire therefore that 1 may hear no more of this, and am determined to give no further answer about it. 1 am with besl wishes for your prosperity Yours most all'ec" v . 1753, March 12th. \Y. Bowyer to Lord Townshend. " My Lord — -That you may not think I have been remiss in executing your Commands, 1 lie- have to inform your Lordship that I proposed to the Public Advertiser to insert an Advertisement of the Letter on Industry as published in the Gazetteer. But I was rejected as one that offered at. an Absurdity. We could sooner lay open all Privileges of the City than break through such a Punctilio. I take the Freedom underneath to draw up the Clause oi the Act in the Sense L understood your Lordship. 1 have forgot the very words otherwise I would have adhered more closely to them. — 1 am, my Lord — y' Lordship's most dutiful ,v obed 1 humble Serv 1 \Y. Bowtkb." [At. foot] " And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all Persons whatever shall be at Liberty to use, exercise & follow any 382 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. M m;>h"kss manual Labour, Art, Mistery or Occupation now used & exercised, or Towhhhbnd w hicli shall be hereafter used and exercised in any Parish, Precinct, '—' Hamlet. Borough, Town or City Corporate throughout England and Wales and Berwick upon Tweed, any Law or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Saving nevertheless to all Bodies Corporate all such other Rights, Privileges, & Immunities as they now respectively enjoy. Or if a Proviso is more approved of, Provided always that this Act shall not extend to prejudice or infringe any other Rights, Privileges or Immunities which the several Bodies Corporate throughout England, Wales, and Berwick upon Tweed do now respectively enjoy." [1753, March.] Rev. Josiah Tucker to the same. Undated and unaddressed. Endorsed by Lord Townshend " Answ d on the 17 th March 1753." " My Lord — I am just returned from a Set of honest Merchants, true Friends to Trade. They have some intentions of printing off a 1,000 Letters of last Tuesday's Gazetteer, to disperse about, but have a Scruple whether the)' can justify it, without y e Leave of y e Author. Now as 1 imagine the Author may be known to Your Lordship, I hope you will pardon this Application for Consent. It is a pity, so excellent a Peice was not put into every Man's hand in y e Kingdom. The Post is just setting out ; I am, my Lord, with due Thanks for all Favours — Yo r Lordships ever obliged — and most humble — Servant Josiah Tucker. P.S. [My] Humble Respects wait on M 1 ' Townshend." 1753, May 5th. John Watkin to Lord Townshend. From Yelvertoft.. Asking for his Lordship's influence to procure him the appointment of Steward to Sir Jacob Astley at Hillmorton. 1753, Dec. 6th. Hambleton Custance (Sheriff of Norfolk) to George Townshend, M.P. for the County of Norfolk. Dated at Norwich and addressed " To the Hon ble George Townshend, Esq re — Member of Par- liament — in South Audley Street — Westminster." " Sir — It iswith greatConcern thatlam obliged to give you anyTrouble on this or any other Occasion, but I find myself necessitated to request your good offices with M r Pelham and the other Lords of the Treasury in my Behalf, on account of another unlucky Escape of the Smuglers &Ci from the Castle: The manner by which it was effected you will find by the enclosed w ch is an Abstract of a Letter to me from the Deputy Sheriff, & in w ch you will observe that two of the five Smuglers are retaken. I beg leave to assure you that nothing shall be wanting on my part for the Recovery of the rest, having sent out proper Persons to every part of the Coasts of this and the neighbouring County. I am with the utmost Respect — D r Sir — Your most faithful! & obed* humble Serv* Hambleton Custance. 1753, Dee. 2Gth. Rev, Robert Potter to , From Reymerston. . . . When first I married [my stepfather] M r Colman persuaded me to entrust him with £340 (my wife's money) promising to give me security for it " etc. 1754, Oct. 5th. Copy of a letter from Lord Townshend to the Rev. Philip Yonge, D.D., Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. Dated at Rainham, and endorsed by Lord Townshend " Copy of my letter to the Viee-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge." " Sir — Having observed that several public Exercises have been lately instituted in your University with premiums annexed to them for the HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. improvement of Education by the advancement of Knowledge, and that T ^^' among these provisions do inconragement is given for the Study of the his, Theory of Trade, I take the liberty of desiring to know- from you, Sir, whether it will be agreeable to 1 1 » < - University if rewards of the same nature with those lately granted in the other branches of Learning should be given for the promotion <>i' this. It is unnecessary f'<>r me to point out the infinite advantage which would result to the Public if young men could be led early in Life to b diligent Study and correct knowledge of a Science so very important in it self and so intimately connected with the affairs and Interests of this Kingdom as the subject of Trade is; nor have I any view in making this Proposal but to express in part the gratel'ull sense 1 have of the many obligations which my Family have received from the University of Cambridge by an Institution which 1 Bhould hope they would approve of, as it is but one step more in the System lately began, and as I am confident that, if it be accepted and strictly pursued, it will contribute to the honour of the University and the solid advantage of the Country, | am — Sir — Your most obedient humble servant | TOWNSHEND, | 1764, Oct. 6th. Rev. Dr. Yonge to Lord Townshond. Dated at Cambridge, and endorsed "The Vice Chancellor's letter to me dated Oct. 6, 1754 in answer to mine of the fifth Instant." " My Lord — I have just now rec (1 the honour of your Lordship's letter. & will take an early opportunity of communicating it to the Heads of Colleges. Your Lordship's great attention to the publick good is as conspicuous in your generous offer as your regard to this University, which can never do enough to repay the obligations it owes to your Lordship's Family. — 1 am, my Lord— Your Lordship's — most obed 1 humble ser f P. YONGB." 1754, Oct. 12th. Duke of Newcastle, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, to the same. Dated at Claremont. "My Lord — I am very much obliged to your Lordship for your verj kind lelt.er, and for your proposal to encourage in our University the Study of Trade, & Commerce, which is certainly of such infinite Advan- tage to this Country. I expect to see the Vice Chancellor soon, and will then consider with him, how to proceed, and in what manner your Lordship's views for promoting that scheme, may be best answer'd, & your kind Intentions take Effect. In the meantime, allow me to assure you, that Nothing shall be wanting on my part, which may contribute to the Success of such an useful Design, & I beg leave in the Name of the University also to return you my Thank-. 1 am with the greatest Truth & Respect — my Dear Lord — your Lordship's — most obed. Humble Servant H6lXE8 NEWCASTLE. 1754 Oct. 11th. Horatio Walpole to Lord Townshend. Dated at \Yolterton, and unaddressed. "My Lord — I took the liberty sometime since to ask the favour of Youi L rd p to communicate to me your late father's letter- & papers as ambas- sador & Secretary of State, being employed in spending my Leisure hours to vindicate the administration in w ' 1 his L rl p was concerned from i he false & injurious calumny of the late L ,,d Bolingbrokc's posthumous works. I have gone so far as [to] what relates to the negotiation- in L709 & 1710, in w ch Your father was Ambassador & Plenip^ signing with the D. of Marlborough ; and his papers relative to that transaction in w rtl he had so great a share would be of great use to me in making my work more perfect & correct; the communication of them for w 1 ' T will give 384 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. m^rqtess you a receipt, & faithfully return tliem to Your L ril p again, will extreamly ToW uss END oblige him who is with the greatest respect — My Lord — Your L rJ ps — Most obed* & most humble Servant. II. Walpole. The Rough Draft of Lord Townshend's reply to this letter is dated at Bainham Oct 1 the 19"' 1754. and runs as follows:— u Sir — My Father did during his retirement here in the Country in the latter part of his Life determine to write a History of his own times ; which lie had entered upon, and tho he died soon after, yet as he had resolved rather to take the trouble on himself of drawing up this His- torical account than to leave it to any other hand, I think that he has by such his resolution plainly signifyed to me his inclination and desire that these papers which he has left in my custody should not be perused or made use of by any other hand. I should otherwise have been glad to have eomplyed with your request and am With the greatest Regard — Sir — Your most obed* humble Servant " 1754, Oct. 17th. Rev. Dr. Yonge to Lord Townshend. Dated at Cambridge and unaddressed. Endorsed " The Vice Chancellors letter to me dated Oct. 17 1754. Rec d on Saturday the 19 th of Oct r 1754." " My Lord — At a meeting of the Heads [of Colleges] on tuesday last I communicated to them your Lordship's letter to me, and I have their commands to return your Lordship their thanks, and to assure your Lordship of their desire to promote all kinds of knowledge in the University. That of the Theory of Trade, how beneficial soever it may and must be to the Publick, is so entirely foreign to the present System of our Education that the introduction of it will most probably be attended with some difficulties. But as those difficulties do not lead us to decline the acceptance of your Lordship's Offer, which we for our parts are ready to receive with great gratitude, so we hope that they will be soon overcome when your Lordship's Design shall be more fully explain'd. Before I communicate this affair to the rest of the Univer v it is my Duty to make his Grace our Chancellor acquainted with it, who is so good to us as to condescend to take into his consideration every thing that concerns the honour and Interest of the University. — I am, my Lord — Your Lordship's — most obed 1 humble ser 1 P. Yonge." 1754, Oct. 26th. Lord Townshend to the Vice Chancellor of Cam- bridge (Dr. Yonge). In duplicate. The original draft in Lord Towns- hend's hand, and a corrected copy. Each 5 pp. " Sir, I am much obliged to you for having communicated to the Heads [of Colleges] the Proposals I took the liberty of making through you to the University, and it gives me great satisfaction to hear from you that they have so entirely approved of my Motives & design in making it The premiums I would propose to give arc twenty Guineas each to the Authors of the two best Dissertations which shall be made by gentlemen of the University of any Rank or Degree upon Subjects included within the Theory of Trade, and appointed by those who shall be the Judges at the time under this Institution. The Prizes to be given according to the opinion of the Judges, and either to be delivered in money or vested in any other shape as shall be determined, previous to the execution of the design itself, at a meeting of the Heads, The Persons I should desire to name for Judges are the Vice Chancellor for the time being, the present Master of Trinity [D r Robert Smith], the present Master of Christ's College [D r Hugh Thomas] and two other Persons from the Body of the University to be named by me; HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 38f> & the three first of these Judges to continue such as long as they are Mjl*h Heads of the University, and the two last as long as they are resilient in Toi jJ|{ it; reserving to myself a power, which I perceive baa latelj been — " reserved in like cases, of filling up the vacancies which shall happen I could wish the Dissertations might be wrote in the English Language and that those which carry the Prizes might be read by the Authors of them in public on a Day to be appointed near to Commence- ment " 1754, Nov. 3rd. Dr. Philip Yonge to Lord Townshcnd. Dated at Cambridge, and unaddressed. " My Lord, I have communicated your Lordship's last favour to the Masters of Trinity and Christ's in particular, and this day in the customary speech at the expiration of the V[ice] Chanc r ' 8 office I made the senate acquainted with your Lordship's kind design. The two masters desire me to pay their compliments to your Lordship, and there seems to be no doubt of the senate's giving your Lordship a testimony of their gratitude to your Lordship as soon as my Successor shall be establish'd in his office. Doc r Thomas will be elected, and will probably take his seat tomorrow. — I am, etc. P. Yonge." 1754, Nov. 5th. Lord Townshend to D r Philip Yonge. From Rainham. In duplicate. An undated rough draft in Lord Townshend's hand, and a fair copy headed " Copy of my letter to D r Yonge." Both unsigned. " Sir — I return you many thanks for the candor you shewed to me by [the] reception you gave to the Proposal I offered to you when Vice- Chancellor, and for the countenance you have given to it by youi recommendation of it to the Senate in the customary Speech at the expiration of that Office. I likewise beg that you will be pleased to present my compliments to the two Masters, with my thanks to them for their kind acquiescence to that part of my scheme which relates more particularly to them, and am most heartily glad to find it is your opinion that the Senate will approve of what I have taken the liberty to offer as a method for introducing the Science of Trade into your University." 1755, Jan. 18th. Lord Townshend to D r Hugh Thomas, Vice- Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Draft in Lord Townshend's hand. « Sir — D r Yonge your late Vice-Chan 1 ' having iuformed me, in hi> letter on the 3 d of Nov r last, that he had acquainted the Senate with my late Proposal to the University in his customary Speech at the expiration of the Vice-Chan rs Office, and that there seemed to be no doubt of the Senate's approving of it, I have some hopes that my Proposal may be received tho I have not yet heard anything further relative to it. There was one point left unsettled in my letters to D r Yonge which was the nomination of the two Judges from the Body of the University : and it may not be improper I should name them now in case the University should admitt of the introduction of the Theory of Trade in the manner which has been proposed. The Persons 1 should desire to appoint, under the conditions which have been mentioned in my former letter to your late Vice-Chancellor, are the Reverend M r Courtail of Clare Hall and the Reverend M* Balguy of S* John's College. I am— Sir — Your most obed* humble Servant " 1 1 24953. B B 386 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1755, Oct. 29th. The same to the same. A draft in Lord Towns- hend's handwriting. Dated at Rainham. a Si r — M r Greaves having intimated to me that you expressed to him, when I had the honor of meeting you and several of the Heads at Fulburne, some desire that I would draw up some questions on the Theory of Trade, I have taken the liberty of sending to you the inclosed paper containing such questions on that Subject as have occurred to me. I am very doubtfull whether these questions are so perfect as they ouo-ht to be ; and do hope therefore that you will be pleased to give them no further regard than you shall find they do deserve ; and I have with greater chearfulness complyed with your request being satisfyed from your candor that you will not think that by offering these questions to you aud to the Gentlemen who have the direction of this Institution, I am presuming to dictate to those who have more knowledge and better judgement than myself. If there be any among them which can be made proper questions, such will receive your corrections, if there be not any such you will reject them all. I am with Truth — Sir Your most obed* humble servV [The Questions enclosed]. " What influence has Trade on the Morals of a Nation ? On what circumstances does the populousness of a country principally depend ? Has a free trade or a free Government the greater effect in promoting the wealth and strength of a Nation ? Can any restraints be laid on trade or industry without lessening the advantages of them ? And if there can, what are they ? Is there any method of raising taxes without prejudice to Trade ? And if there is, what is it ? What are the uses of money in trade ? Is it more for the advantage of a trading nation to have regular troops or a Militia." 1755, Nov. 15th. Capt. the Hon. Roger Townshend to his father Lord Townshend. Dated at Mitcham. " My Lord — I did not receive your Lordship's Letter till yesterday on my return to this place after a Weeks absence & attendance on S 1 ' John Ligonier who has acted a very sincere & friendly part towards me; I acquainted your Lordship with S r John Ligonier's having appointed me one of his Aid[es] de Camp a favor I had no right to expect from him as I was scarcely hooor'd with his Acquaintance ; the many advantages that must of course arise to me in my Profession from the Friendship & Opinion of that Great Man made it of all other the most desirable Post in our present situation of Affairs. It has always been customai-y for General Officers to name and chuse there own Aid[e] de Camps & I don't believe there is an Instance of its ever having been refused before ; to make the refusal the more cruel and severe the Duke [of Cumberland] has consented to Lord Loudon's appointing Cap 1 Campbell who is in the same Regiment with me & of the same Rank & did not apply till many days after me; thus my Lord am I deprived of the same means of recommending me in my Profession which every other Cap* in my Profession enjoys. What is the real Cause of the Duke's hatred to me I am not in the least able to guess, S r John Ligonier asked him if my behaviour either in my profession or towards him had been disagreeable to his Royal Highness ; he said he had no kind of objection to any part of my behaviour since I. had been in the Army but that I positively should not be his Aid[e] de EfSTOBIAL KANTJSCRIPT8 COMMISSION. 387 Camp: S r John has been extreamly hurt at the Osage be baa been >^J*5*«» treated with & lias several times endeavoured to dlSSOade DUD lroin sueli barbarous behaviour but without success. The General is deter- mined he will name no other person & the Duke is determined not to consent. It is very hard that my Brother's Quarrell with the Duke shou'd be continued to me. I was in no ways concern'd in it nor did I ever say a Word in the least tending to reflect or call in question any part of the Duke's conduct, but yet he is determined I shall not rise in my Profession, it does not become me to treat a person in his Station with that Freedom which 1 really think his hard Osage of me deserves; J can conclude nothing less from his Cruelty towards me but an absolute Scheme of driving me out of the Army. How much more noble wrou'd it have been in a Great Man to have waited till he had caught me erring in me [sic] Profession ; he might then have employed all his hatred against me without drawing upon him[self] the odious Names of Cruelty & Tyrrany. Every independent Person has condemned the Duke extreamly & several of his Friends have declared they endeavor'd to persuade him from it. It is a melancoly Subject for me to think off, let me behave with ever so much Bravery & Conduct & deserve Pre- ferment, as long as he commands I shall remain in my present Post. I honor & love the Army & the only Ambition I have in this World is to do my Duty in my Profession & [I] desire to be made an Example off if I am guilty & neglect[ful], but to be punish'd when I am conscious I am innocent is treatment every Man of spirit & honor must feel & complain off. I have troubled your Lordship with a real state of my Case S r John Ligonier will do me the Justice to confirm it ; I suffer so much at present from the Duke's treatment & my disappoint- ment that I am afraid my Letter may be confused which I hope you will excuse ; our Regiment is ordred to march on Wednesday to East Grinstead where my Company will be quarterd it is in Sussex. The House of Commons satt till Six OClock on Friday Morning M r Pitt & many other members spoke ag 1 the Address ; I am much oblidged to you for the 50£ Note you was so kind as to send me & am youre Dutiful Son. Roger Townshend." 1755, Nov. 28th. Rev. Edmund Law, D.D., Master of Peterhouse, to Lord Townshend. Dated at Peter House and unaddressed. Eudorsed, under the same date, in the hand of an amanuensis, " Dr Law (ViceChan- cellor of Cambridge) his letter to me approving those questions I sent," My Lord— I received the favour of your Lordship's Letter to my Pre- decessor, with the Questions inclined, w cb appear to be all very proper, & will I hope be properly treated of in their Season ; I shall not fail to lay them before the persons appointed to determine finally on this Subject at the usual time, & do myself the honour of acquainting your Ldship with their determination, w ch I don't doubt but will prove agreeable to y* Ldships good & generous intention, & thereby be the highest satis- faction to— mv Lord — your Lordships most obedient humble Serv 1 ' Edm. Law." 1756, Jan. 21st. The same to the same. Dated at Peter House and unaddressed. Endorsed, under the same date, by Lord Townshend, " D r Law (Vice Chancellor of Cambridge) his letter to me inclosing 2 printed Copys of the Question on tho Theory of Trade for the year 1756— Answered on the 26 th Jan r y 1756." " My Lord— Irec a y r Lordships Commands by M r Powel[l] & imme- diately call'd a meeting of the Commissioners to settle the Question for B B 2 Marquess towwshexj' MSS. 388 HISTORICAL MANUSRCIPTS COMMISSION. this year, as y 1 Lordship will perceive by the inclosed, w c h if it prove agreeable to y r Lordship's intention it will be the greatest satisfaction to all the persons concern'd & in particular to — My Lord — Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant Edwt. Law." 1756, Jan. 26th. Lord Townshend to Eev. D r Law. Copy. Dated at Rainham, and endorsed in Lord Townshend's hand, " Copy of my letter to D r Law Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in answer to his dated Jan*? the 21 st 1756 in which he sent me the printed Copy of the Question on the Theory of Trade for the [year] 1756." " Sir — I receivd the favor of yours by last Post, with Two printed Copies of the Question which the judges have order' d for this year. The ingenuousness of my temper obliges me to confess to you that I did not imagine I should be so unfortunate as to find that every one of the Questions, which I took the liberty of offering to the considera- tion of the Judges would be rejected by them ; and that I am much disappointed to find that the question, which was placed first on the paper, was not approved of. The Question I mean is this, tohat influence has Trade on the Morals of a Nation. This is in my opinion the best Question that can be put on the subject of the Theory of Trade. I should take up too much of your time if I was now to enlarge on this Question : I shall therefore only beg leave to mention, one remark or two which occur to me upon the Question which the Gentlemen have thought proper to publish for this Year. The first part of their Question to wit, IVJiat causes principally con- tribute to render a Nation populous ? would, I allow, be a very proper question, if the words which follow had not been made part of the question, $ what Effect has the populousness of a Nation on its Trade? and the Question without this addition would have been of the same purport with one of the Questions I sent to you, tho expressed in different words. The question I allude to is this. On what circumstances does the populousness of a Nation principally depend ? The Theory of Trade like all other subjects of Science must be allow'd a free and unprejudic'd inquiry. But the Freedom of the first part of your question is destroy'd by the latter part of it. For this addition must be understood in some respects as explanatory of the former part of the question, and it like- wise indicates that those, who form'd the question, are of opinion that they [sic] are more causes than one which do principally contribute to render a Nation populous, and that they apprehend that the candidates for prizes on the Theory of Trade might neglect to enlarge on that of Trade. But suppose it be allowd that Trade if the only cause, or one of the principal causes which contribute to render a Nation populous; does it follow that the populousness of a Nation must necessarily increase the trade of it. If Trade be the cause of the increase of people, it cannot surely properly be said that the populousness of a Nation is the Cause of Trade, for the effect can never produce its cause. Suppose a Nation become very populous from the greater freedom it enjoys in Trade than its Neighbours are possess'dof; and let us suppose that on a Sudden these freedoms are taken away by impolitick laws which restrain their Trade, such as lay heavy burthens upon it by HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 389 taxation on necessaries of Life, by duties on imports and by bounties Maeqcbsb on exports, and throwing every branch of Trade into some kind of To ^s8 E!(I ' monopoly, will any one think that in such a Case the number of it- — ' people can support the Trade, or rather must not the consequence of the loss of its Freedom in Trade be a loss of its people ? Is it not evident that numbers of its people must fly into other countries for imployment where Trade is less incumbered and more free. The answer therefore to the latter part of the Question viz. and what Effect has the populous ness of a Nation on its Trade, seems to rae to be, that it cannot necessarily have any effect at all upon its Trade. I have here from the good wishes I have for the success of this new institution taken the Liberty to express my Thoughts to you on this question proposed for this year. You will I hope excuse this freedom and believe me to be — Sir — Your most obed 1 & humble Serv 1 " [Townshend]. 1756, Jan. 28th. Rev. D 1 ' Edmund Law to Lord Townshend. Dated at Cambridge, und endorsed in Lord Townshend's hand, u D r Law (Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge) his letter to me in answer to mine of the 26th Ins'." " My Lord — I receiv'd y r Lordship's favour of last Post with concern as it gave the parties in the Trust committed to them by your Lordship the severe mortification of perceiving how far they had faild' in their endeavours to discharge it acceptably. As I had the honour to bear some share in this Trust, I think myself obliged to lay before y r Lord- ship as plain & particular an account of our Conduct as I am able to recollect After reading over all y r Lordship's Propositions & the very obliging Letter w ch accompanv'd them, a previous Question was put whether any variation in them might be agreeable : When it was the opinion of those who appear'd to have the best means of being acquainted with y r Ldship's real Sentiments, that such alteration w d not give offence. We had then a long consultation on the Subject, & the first Question relating to the influence of Trade on Morals I apprehend[ed] might be postponed on ace* of the great corruption for some time visible among the trading parts of our Nation ; witness the late uproar rais'd about the general Naturalization & Jew Bills. The second Question seem'd to be pitchd' upon chiefly for its seasonableness in our present Situation, & the addition made to it in order to bring the general Design of y r Lordship's Institution more directly & immediately in view, as well as give the greater scope to writers on this Subject, by not only explaining how far Trade sh d be consider'd among the principal causes of well peopling .i < 'ountry, but likewise shewing in what respect the number of Inha- bitants must put a People on employing many of their hands that way, & thereby reciprocally of encreasing & improving the materials, & pro- moting the several branches of Trade by repeated Trials. — But I am not presuming to dispute these points with y r Lordship. The Question ought undoubtedly to have been sent to your Lordship before it was published, w eb omission, with any other impropriety, I hope y r Lordship will be so good as to excuse from persons so little conversant in subjects ->f this kind. I beg leave to congratulate y 1 * Lordship on your late recovery & am in all duty — Your Lordships — most obedient humble serv f . Edm. Law." 1756, Feb. 16th. Lord Townshend to Rev. Mr. Powell. Draft. Unsigned and unaddressed. Dated at Kainham. 390 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marqvbss u Dear Powell — I was indebted to you for one letter, before yours of l0W Msf E>I) the 15 th came to my hands this morning, which 1 should have acknow- " — ledo-ed if I had not been unwilling to give you too frequent interrup- tions ; and it was once my intention to send you the Vice-Chancellor's answer to my letter (which I now here enclose for your perusal) but I was afterwards of opinion that there was no necessity for giving you the trouble of a letter upon the late absurd conduct of your Vice-Chan- cellor, since what was done could not be prevented. I have indeed had a o-ood deal of difficulty with my self to avoid sending the Vice-Chan- cellor an answer to his letter. It concerned me very much to find that the Vice -Chancellor has been pleased to insinuate in his letter that my dislike to the very absurd question which has been advertized and which contains no more than that the cause produces the effect and the effect the cause, arises from my being displeased that the questions I sent were rejected ; tho I had expressed in my letter which accompanied them, my assent that they should be corrected or rejected as the judges should think most proper. What I said in my last letter to the Vice-Chan[cello]r was that I thought myself unfortunate that all my questions should be rejected i and I cannot see, with great submission to his sentiments, why the circumstance of my having expressed myself in this manner, as I did in the letter which accompanyed the questions, should make it improper in me to give any opinion on the question they have fixed on ? or that there is any inconsistency in my conduct under any construction. I say'd correct any of the questions or reject them all as you shall judge most proper ; will the Vice-Chancellor suppose that, when I wrote this, I could imagine that any one of my questions would have been so altered as to be made nonsense or that they would all be rejected for to wive place for a more improper question than any of them ? " etc. etc. 1756, May 22nd. Rev. R. Browne to Lord Townshend. Dated at Walton. Asking to be appointed to the living of Hanbury which will shortly be vacant by D r Horberry's acceptance of a college living. 1756, June 2nd. Lord Middleton to Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. George Townshend. Dated at Wollatton. « gr — J am concerned for the occasion of your letter, having been in hopes peace would have subsisted in the neighbourhood of Tamworth this whole parliament, and as your's and Lord Weymouth's interest seem'd, for I was much a stranger to the transaction, to unite in the last election the change of the Unckle for the Nephew [Viscount Villiers in the seat of Thomas Villiers] I should have conjectur'd would have made no alteration in the agreement. I have no property in the town, nor ever cultivated any interest by purchase near it having no other view than being a promoter of unanimity among my acquaintance, and by having now resided so many years at Wollaton my influence in the place is not woith requesting ; but small as it is in case of opposition it must go in conjunction with my old friends who I suspect will not be forgetfull of M r Floyer's hard fate [at the Tamworth election in 1741]. I am with great regard " etc. 1756, June 11th. "A copy of a Letter to Lord Jersey upon the affairs of Tamworth." Dated at Audley Square. " My Lord When I had the Honour to see you at my House you seemed to desire I would give your Lordship no vexatious Opposition at Tam- worth, to which I very readily assented & further declared I would inform your Lordship as early as possible with my Determination with HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 301 respect to the ensuing Election — I came to Town last night and can Mabqces assure your Lordship that notwithstanding the appearance of an \|- Agreement made at the last Election at Tamworth with respect to — iuture Vacancies — totally without my Knowledge and tending to prevent my Family Interest from having the lea-t Weight there, yet my Lord, as I do uot now intend to oppose Lord Villars Yilliers], I have avoided any Measures which may put him or his Friends to any Trouble or Expence. 1 hope your Lordship will do me the Justice to believe me when I assure you that altho' I cannot concur in the measure as settled, yet that I rejoice in any Circumstance which gives so much Satisfaction to one from whom I have received so many Civilities, & for whom I have so much regard & respect, & am My Lord — y r Lords? 1 — Most ohed' II limbic Serv* Geo: Townshend." 175G, June 11th. Lord Jersey to Lieut. -Colonel the Hon. George Townshend. Dated at Grosvenor Square — " 6 o'clock Afternoon." '• My dear Sir — I no sooner received your most obliging letter of this morning than I endeavoured to pay my Acknowledgements in Person. They are so warm, & so sincere as I can't forbear conveying them by this the most likely Opportunity first to reach you ; I know nothing that may have passed on former Elections, but I have many reasons to rejoice that there is to be no Opposition on this ; They are not alto- gether selfish, but regard families that I must ever esteem, and not only families, but Persons ; particularly Lord Weymouth and your self; It may be improper for me to say more at present than that I have the highest Value for you both, & to assure you which I do with the greatest truth that I am with the most friendly regard — Your obliged & faithfull humble Serv* — Jersey." 1756, June 24th. Rev. D r Law to Lord Townshend. Dated at Peter House and endorsed by Lord Townshend " D r Law Vice- Chancellor of Cambridge his letter to me — Received and Answ* 1 on the 26th June 1756." " My Lord — I have the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship that your Lordship's prizes for this year are adjudged to [the Rev.] M r [Wil- liam] Bell of Magdalen College, & S r Lobb of S* Peter's College, whose Dissertations shall be transmitted to your Lordship as soon as they have been read before the University. There were nine in all & several very good ones, w ch your Lordship may at any time command from — Mv Lord — Your Lordship's most obedient humble Serv 1 Edmund Law." 1756, June 2Gth. Lord Townshend to Rev. D r Law. Endorsed H Copy of my Answer to D r Law Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge letter to me dated 'the 24 th Ius'." Sir — 1 received your Letter of the 24 th Ins* this morning, and shall in answer only mention in a few words that when you, the Vice Chan- cellour cf Cambridge, did in your letter of the 28 th of Jan? last seem to charge me with inconsistency of conduct and did mention in that letter. that the first question relating to the influence of Trade on Morals might as you apprehend be postponed on account of the great corrup- tion for sonic time visible among the trading ports of our Nation ; witness the late uproar raised about the general Xaturalization fy Jew Bills, I did resolve to let the Institution drop so far as I have been concern' d in it and to give my self no further trouble about it, you need not therefore give yourself tbe trouble of transmitting to me the two Prize Dissertations. 392 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. There is not any moral Duty which is not of a Commercial nature. Freedom of Trade is nothing more than a freedom to be moral Agents. And since a free moral Inquiry into this most interesting Theory, on the Observance of which the happiness of this Life and of the next do entirely depend, cannot be allow'd at your University I have done, and have nothing more to add than that I am— S r — Your obd 1 humble ServV 1756, Oct. 22nd. Richard Dacres to Lord Townshend. Dated at Gibraltar and endorsed " Rich d Dacres Letter to me from Gibraltar acqua[intin]g me that he had embarked my barb Horse on board the Rising Sun for England, and likewise inclos'd a Bill for Charges [of] keeping at Gibraltar from April 1756 to [the] time the Horse was embarked." " My Lord — I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that I have embarked on board a Transport Ship called the Rising Sun, Daniel Peak Master, an Iron Grey Barb Horse for your Lordship, being the same which was purchased long since by M r Petticrew, & left in my charge by [Lieut.] Gen 1 [Thomas] Fowke [Governor of Gibraltar] at his departure from hence. I used all possible efforts to get him a pas- sage on board a Man of War, but found it impracticable, and indeed I think he is safer where he is, by being in a large commodious Ship, under Convoy, and were he in a Man of War he must run the Risque of being thrown overboard in case of meeting an Enemy. _ He is em- barked in extreme good order, & has excellent Accomodations aboard, & I much hope that he will arrive safe & prove entirely to your Lord- ship's satisfaction In the same Ship with your Lordship's Horse I have embarked a Mare for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, & a horse for M r Thistlewayte of Hampshire, and the Man who has the care of them home, & who is named Thomas Bicknell is to return to Gibraltar immediately after he has delivered them. I have made no Bargain with him for his Time & Trouble, but have left that matter entirely to the Owners of the Horses. . ' 1 It will give me great Satisfaction to hear that the Horse is safely delivered Into your Lordships hands, & meets your Approbation, after the great Sums and frequent disappointing which I am sensible he has cost ; and if your Lordship will be pleased at any time to honor me with your Commands I shall be proud of the opportunity of shewing with how much Respect & Attention I have etc. Richd. Dacres." Same date. A copy of the above letter, endorsed " 1757 — March the 25th a copy of Richard Dacres letter the original of which was sent this day to Mess" James & Tho 3 Tierney Merch ts in Mark Lane." 1757, March 8th. William Fitz-herbert to the Hon. George Town- shend. Dated at Boyle Street, Dublin. Enclosing the writer's views on the Militia. 1757, March 19th. Thomas Bicknell to Lord Townshend. " My Lord. I am the Person orderd over from Gibralter to take under my care a Barbary Mare belonging to the Prince of Wales and a horse of the same Country for your Lordship having from the 18th October to the 31st of January continually had the Inspectioi- and care of your Lordships Horse. The necessary expenses as to Feeding &c. I have been paid for being so much out of my own Pocket, but myCare Trouble and attendance I humbly beg leave to refer to HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 393 your Lordships Goodness and Generosity. Any Commands of your Makqubss Lordship my be directed for me at L l General Fowkes in South Audley To "mss. m1> Street wich will be most gratfully remembered by my Lord your Most — Humbly Obedient Servant, Thos. Bicknell." June 18th, 1757. William Pitt, afterwards Earl of Chatham, to the Hon. George Townshend. H Dear Sir, Tho I can have nothing to inform you of relating to the Duke of Newcastle's transactions, in order to a junction, which you are not acquainted with from his Grace, I should be extremely happy of an opportunity to have some conversation with You, on a Subject, which but just now has taken its final and conclusive turn, and must receive a Negative or Affirmative Answer. The D. of Newcastle and Lord Hard- wicke have repeatedly declared to Lord Bute and myself that They coud add nothing to the efforts already made with regard to the Points of diffi- culty, now immoveable and in their express Opinions, necessary to be comply'd with, as neither They nor their Friends are disposed to resist any further. I am obliged to be at home on business to morrow morning, which, I hope, will be my Apology for taking the liberty to propose to you so great a trouble, a8 that of calling at my House to morrow between ten and eleven, if it be not inconvenient to you to do me that honour. I am ever with the truest esteem and respect. Dear Sir Your most obedient and most humble Servant W. Pitt." Friday 7 o'clock. This letter is endorsed with the following memorandum in the hand- writing of the Hon ble George Townshend : — " N.B : This was the first time for about a fortnight I had heard any thing from M r Pitt, during which time the Negotiation for a Ministry went on in his & L d Bute's the D[uke of] Newcastle's & Lord Hard- wicke's Hands. — On the Friday night June the 18th 1757, I received this Letter & the next morning waited on him with my Brother, & to our Astonishment heard him avow the ridiculous & dishonest Arrangement of Men which is now to take place — not the least adoption of any Publick System of Measures being declared or even hinted at by him. Upon this occasion I without hesitation declared my resolution to be no part of it — my Brother did the same. Geo: Townshend." London, June 20 th 1757. 1757, Nov. 6th. Capt. the Hon. Roger Townshend to his father. Dated at Winchester and unaddressed. My Lord — I received your Lordship's kind Letter with' the inclosed Bill of 50£. on M r Child for which I beg you to accept of my most sincere thanks. The Letter you was so kind as to write to me before I went on our late unfortunate & disgraceful Expedition [to Westphalia], with the enclosed Note I did not receive 'til I was on board the Man of War & had no opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of it. I appropriated it to the use it was intended for & discharged my Serv 4 , & I give your Lordship my word of honor that I will in in every respect adhere & keep to that Scheme of Oeconomy which I know is 394 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. absolutely necessary for my own happiness & will I hope recommend me to your Lordship's favor and opiuion. I beg leave to declare myself intirely ignorant of my late servant's conduct concerning the Old Chesnut horse, your kindness to me on every occasion if I have a spark of gratitude in my composition, must make it impossible for me to act so low & base a part ; I hope extra- vagance has been my greatest Crime, & as I have suffer'd & know that it was you alone that freed me from my misfortunes, it would be un- pardonable conduct in me towards your Lordship, if the business of my life was not to follow that Plan lay'd down by you & do everything in my power that was most agreeable to you. I've parted with the 2 Mares & the Brown Gelding, I did not recolect when I sent my Servant your mentioning the Chestn* horse was disposed off. I can easily furnish myself with a strong horse & that with the Black Colt will be all I shall keep. An Inquiry is much talked off into the Conduct of our General [the Duke of Cumberland] that commanded our late Expedition [in West- phalia], it was well named the secret Expedition, for without a real & honest Inquiry takes place it will ever remain a secret to me. Our going to America early in the spring seems at present to be believed. I cou'd wish for a better. A commission eight years a Captain is being very much out of luck, but however if they will not prefer me I can 1 help it, and must be contented to go upon another Expedition with the Buffs. — Your Dutiful Son. Ro : Townshend." 1758, Feb. 12th. The same to the same. Dated on board the Namure and unaddressed. "My Lord — The ships are ready and Admiral Boscawen came on board last night, we wait only for a fair Wind ; the Ships orderd to sail with us are, Namure, Adm 1 Boscawen ; Royal William 90 Guns, Princess Amelia 80, Invincible 74, Lancaster 74, Vanguard 74 to join us at Plymouth, Prince of Orange 64, Centurion 60, Burford 74, Eight winterd at Hallifax [in Nova Scotia], several are already gone with convoys ; when the whole Fleet is collected together it will amount to 24, Sail of the Line besides Frigates ; a Fleet superior to anything the French can fit out. I have been apply'd too by a friend of mine to sollicit your Lordship in his favour, for a Scarfe/when you have a vacancy ; his name is Derby he lives at Winchester, if you are not under Engagements to any other person M r Derby will think himself highly honor'd & infinitely obliged to your Lordship for the Scarfe. I know him to be a worthy good Man & I should be happy in obtaining him this favor of your Lordship Your Dutiful Son Ro : Townshend." 1758, Sept. 26th. Hon. Charles Townshend to his mother. "My dear Lady Townshend, — Your Ladyship has heard from my Brother Townshend that he has been so kind to us as to call at Adder- bury in his journey from Bristol to London ; and, tho' his visit was short, it was long enough to manifest, what I was very happy to find, that he never was in better health or spirits. The success of the Militia in every County in which it has been at all countenanced, & the notorious opposition or contempt of the L d Lieutenant in every County in which it has been ill received or forgotten, fully proves how indif- ferent at least, if not favorable, the general opinion of the kingdom is to the measure ; which I should hardly have mentioned to your Ladyship, HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION'. 395 if the measure itself were not the Child of your Son; which I know m u: from most pleasing experience, is ;i consideration of great & irresistable weight in your judgment. George seems more intent upon his coin- — mand in the army than ever I saw him : The retreat of his formidable & abdicated Enemy [the Duke of Cumberland ] ; the disreputation of almost all the senior officers hitherto employed, & the infinite Honor naturally bestowed upon commanders successful in this perilous time all unite; in indulging & inflaming his original Genius & uncommon Talents for the army. He seems also to be not a little urged & accelerated by the quick rise & very promising prospect of preferment & command now opening to Roger; whose situation must improve every day, as his ability grows from experience: opportunitys occurr from his situation ; and advance- ment follows from his service. General Amhuist speaks of his dili- gence, attention, & capacity in the most favorable language, & I should do him injustice if I did not acknowledge, how much he is likely here- after to make a very considerable figure in a profession, whose importance & necessity grows too fast upon us in this Country. I learn from Lady Essex's letters to Lady Dalkeith that she lives entirely with Lady Ferrers at Bristol : Lady Ferrers gives the same account of their intimacy in her letters; which I only mention without comment ; entreating you not to construe my words, til I see you, & from a desire of obviating prejudice, not affecting disguise. Last week we sent you some venison & two Pineapples ; did they arrive safe, or where (sic) they good ? Lady Jane Scott left us on Sunday ; as she came, she went, oppresst, unintelligible, wretched, healthy & whimsical, a monstrous appetite : good nights : occasional unguarded chearfulness, & premeditated spleen & despondency are certainly no proofs of real illness & yet these are all the symptoms of it she has. I wish she is not in danger of a complaint still worse than ill health. A thousand thanks to you for the mauy Gazetts you have sent us : They are infinitely agreeable to us, and most so, as they are testimonies of your affection : which is, in the estimation of us both, the most valuable possession we have or can enjoy in life. If I have in any thing a real satisfaction it is in acknowledging the happyness I have in your affection & in saying in return how sincerely & invariably I am — Your most affectionate & faithful C. T. [P.S.] Lady Dalkeith bids me say for her whatever words can say in declaring her love & Honor for you." 1759, July 23rd. Charles Buruey to Philip Case. Dated at Lynn and endorsed, " M r Burney to M r Case about Musick." « Sir, I fear I shall not be able to propose any useful hints as to the Furniture of the Barrel Organ you mentioned to me, unless I was in- formed what Stops it contained, what is its Compass, together with the Size & Number of its Barrels. However I will suppose it capable of performing the following Pieces, w ch in the serious Way w d if well adapted to the Instrument afford great pleasure to the admirers of such Compositions. 1. Corelli's 8th Concerto (or the favourite movem* in it). 2. He was despised & rejected — in Handel's Messiah. 3. Powerful Guardian — set by D°. 4. Return God of Hosts — in Samson. 5. Tis Liberty alone — in Judas Maccabeus. 396 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 6. Handel's Second Organ Concerto, or Part of it. 7. Geminiani's 1 st Concerto op. 2 da , or Do. 8. King of Prussia's March. 9. March of the 3 d Eegiment of Guards. 10. Hasse's 1 st Concerto. 11. Rende mi il Figlio mio, del Sig 1 ' Cocchi, nel Ciro riconosciuto. 12. The Simphony & last Movem* of Handel's Coronation Anthem. If these Compositions or any Part of them should be approved & prac- ticable, it will be necessary to have them judiciously suited & adjusted to the Genius of the Organ & filled up with such Simphonies & accom- panying as will best compensate for the Want of a Voice in the Songs or a Number of Instruments in the other Pieces. — I am, Sir, — Your Most Obed* & Most Humble Servant, Chas. Burney." 1759, Nov. 27th. Judith Irving to Lord 7'ownshend? Unaddressed. A letter asking his Lordship for his interest in procuring promotion for the writer's husband Major Irving. I7|f, Feb. 15th. Robert Johnson to the Hon. George Townshend. Dated at Sandy, Bedfordshire. « Sir, When I purchas'd M r Long's Estate at Cavenham in Suffolk, he told me you had given your consent to inclose a small piece of ground that lay between two of my Closes near the house ; but as I am now become the proprietor and have some thoughts of putting that Scheme in Execution, [I] don't think myself sufficiently justify'd to take out a writ to do it, without acquainting you therewith and haveing your farther permission for that purpose. If there is any thing I can do for you in that Country or elsewhere, please to command, your very issurccl Humble Ser* Rt. Johnson." 1760 Dec. 2nd. Edward Weston to Lord Townshend. Dated at Scotland Yard, and unaddressed. it ]yjy Lord — Having long been sollicited by M r Case my deputy in the Office of Clerk of the Peace [for Norfolk], who I understand is honoured with Y* LP 3 particular Regard, to surrender that Place to him ; As the Value of it to me is of late years so greatly lessened, (partly by the Decay of Business, & partly by the Claim of my said Deputy to Fourscore Pounds p ann. out of the Profits, in lieu of 50 or 60, for which he long executed the Office) that it has brought-me-in this last year no more than 19 P d ; I have at last determined to comply with those sollicitations. And, as I am obliged to y r L d P for the long Enjoyment, which I have had of it, I think it incumbent on me to acquaint you with my Resignation, hoping it will not be disagreeable to you, & taking the same Opportunity to return my sincerest Thanks to Your L d P for so great a Mark of your Favour, & to assure you that I am with the greatest Gratitude, as well as Respect, & shall be always — My Lord — Your L d P 3 Most obliged, and most obedient humble Servant E. Weston." 1761 May 15th. A receipt for a " Moiety of the Expences of the [Norfolk] County Election 1st April 1761." ~ It begins : — " To 63 Staffmen and Chairmen at 10 9 each ; " and en( 3 s . « Paul Ald[erman] Rogers your Subscription to the Norwich roads 10.10.0, and ends "Total 102.5.6" with the following receipt at foot. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 397 ** 1761. May loth. Rec' 1 of the right hon ble Geo: Townshend by the hands of M r Cha 8 Townshend One hundred and two Pounda five Shilling and Sixpence in full of the Contents by me NOCKOLD TOMPSON." 176£, Feb. 12th. Lieut. William Brograve, R.N. (commanding the Albany Sloop in Portsmouth Harbour) to the Hon. George Townshend. The writer begs General Townshend to use his influence so that he may sail in the Albany, or in a larger ship, under the orders of Admiral [Sir George] Pocock [K.B.], on the Expedition then on foot [for the capture of the Havanna]. March 2nd, 1763. Lord Townshend to his son Charles. Draft, dated at Rainham. " Dear Charles — You may remember that about the beginning of List Dec r upon reading the paragraph in the General Evening Post, which informed the Public of your Resignation of your former Place, I immediately wrote you a letter from Balls expressing my joy and con- gratulations to you on that wise guiding of your self, as you did by this act put your self into that state of indepen[den]cy which was necessary to enable you to act that truely patriotic part which your country seemed more immediately to call for at that time. If I contradicted the general forms of behavior which prevail at this time in troubling you with a letter on that occasion and it be not the mode now for a Parent to shew any concern for the wellfare and happiness of his Son, you acted like a man of fashion in taking no notice to me of that letter and in preserving that silence towards me, which had been observed by you towards me for a considerable time before I wrote that letter and which you have not broke through. As I am too old to alter and cannot easily extirpate that Parental concern and affection, which, by a long indulgence of them, are deeply rooted in my heart, you will I hope forgive me that I do now trouble you again, tho not with that joy which attended my other letter, with a transcript of a paragraph out of the North Briton of Saturday last which is as follows, viz. That great reformer of abuses, the new Whig head of the board of Trade, has just condescended to stipulate for an additional Salary without Power, as the price of his support of this Tory government. I am — Dear Charles — Yours most affec lv " 1763, May 24th. Rev. T. O. Young to the Hon. George Townshend. Dated at Caius College Cambridge. " Dear Sir — I have not been able to purchase one of the Caricatuia's ofWilk[e]s — They are only at the Coffee houses — A Printseller has promis'd me two by to morrow night. If he does not disappoint me, you shall receive them on Saturday I am, Dear Sir, your most affectionate and faithful servant T. 0. Young." 1763. June 2nd. Hon. George Townshend " To M r Otley at the Angel, S l Edmunds Bury, Suffolk." Dated at Newmarket. The writer begs Mr Otley to hand the enclosed letter to a Serjeant or Corporal of the Norfolk Militia who would call for it. 1764, March 17th. Colby Bullock to George fourth Viscount Towns- hend (afterwards first Marquis Townshend). Dated at Shipdam and unaddressed. Endorsed " M r Bullock on his appointment of Executor to the late Lord's Will." 398 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. " My Lord — The sense of the obligation and Duty I owed to Your Lordship's Father when living, will I hope excuse the liberty I now take of expressing my very sincere and deep concern to you at his Death M r Case informs me of your having seen the Will, which I have not yet done, nor shall do, 'till I am assured from Your Lordship of your consenting to my acting in it. If my Name and Agency therein receive your approbation, it will be my constant endeavour to cooperate with the other Gentlemen in the best manner I can of performing the Trust reposed in us ; but if your Lordship shall on any account judge me to be improper, I shall without reluctance decline all concern in a Business, to which Obedience to the deceased Lord's commands is the sole motive I can have of proceeding to take my share in it." . . . . 1764, April 30th. Hon. Charles Townshend to the Duke of Newcastle. Dated at Grosvenor Square. [Copy.] My dear Lord — T have this Evening the Honour of Your Grace's Letter, which is writ upon so many very interesting Subjects that I am not able to resist the desire it has raised in me of speaking my Sentiments fully to Your Grace, tho' with the utmost defference. Your Grace's knowledge of the World and great experience in public business necessarily make me distrust any opinion of mine from which you differ ; yet, upon further Reflection, I have not found reason to change the Idea I lately expressed to you of the temper, character and deadness of the Time we live in. Eecollect, My Lord, the ingratitude you have yourself met with ; the desertion of the Majority of the Whiggs; the many great names and Family s who have abandoned all Union from obligation and consanguinity, upon the frivolous distinction of supporting the Person of the King : the successful attack made upon the freedom of the Press : the quiet reception of every Act of Violence offered to Persons and to Things, and the perfect state of tranquility in the City and in the Counties which now seemingly takes place under a Ministry, lately so odious, and still so rash : — Are not these proofs that the national Temper is subdued ? That Opposition, by so often deceiving, has lost the power of raising Confidence ? And that indifference and distrust are became habitual and general ? I wish any degree of Spirit, Care or Attention were able to reform this Error, or to awaken Men to a Sense of Danger, but I expect it not, and, I should disguise, if I did net frankly confess to you that I despair of any such Revolution. Your Grace seems to regret that a stand was not made upon the unjustifiable treatment of our Friend the Duke of Devonshire ; I had not, at that time, the Honour of being in His Grace's Confidence, and therefore I know not what he himself wished ; but, certainly the gradual overthrow of the Whiggs at Court was too quietly submitted to in the several preliminary steps, and could never, in my opinion, have been completed, if it had been at first resisted. Each separate personal injury was, I fear, too far considered as an individual case, whereas, if the very first Attempt had been made a common Cause, the defence of the whole would probably have been not difficult. I agree with your Grace, that the Minority, in defiance of all Disadvantages, made the Ministry and the Crown look pale upon their Numbers in one part of the last Session, and it is now said perseverance and activity would have given Success. Perhaps this may be true ; but, if it be, what was the sudden and secret Cause which slackned their Activity? Some impute it to jealousy ; but to jealousy in whom, and of whom ? others to inattention; these to disunion, and those to want of suitable and interesting Questions of Business. As to the Visit to Cambridge, I HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSIONS 390 know how loudly I have been condemned for that absence; but, My Mabqubm Lord! such loose Censure does not even dwell upon me; especially M§gf llD when it comes from Men with whom I have acted voluntarily, not by — ■ (•(impact; from Opinion, not Obligation, and who have no rigfal to cir- cumscribe any one Sentiment or direct any one Action of my political conduct : inwhose Plans I had originally no participation, whose Systema I am not bound to adopt, and to whom 1 stand, in no Sense, nor any degree accountable. Let them distribute their wild Panegyric and Censure over their Glass as Wine warms and Prejudice dictates ; I shall still, umnortified by their harmless dissapprobation, be ever pleased with having obeyed your Commands, and endeavoured at least to assist my Friend Lord Hardwick and his Family at Cambridge. I say this as often as I hear it, which is almost every Day, from some of our most zealous Friends who continually speak of this Event, either in direct Terms of blame, or by insinuations which are more offensive. The Duke of Devonshire and Lord Rockingham have done me the Honour of dining with me this Day, but we were not alone, and our Conversation was at large. Your Grace hoped something would have been settled, and you see the necessity of a Summer Plan preparatory to the Winter. I have said this : but my Idea goes farther, and you will forgive me if in this critical Minute, perhaps the last of deliberation I should open my Mind freely ; in the language of a Man who would bring things to a decision ; and who, being at liberty to act as his judgement advises, waits for the communication of such a systematical and probable Plan as may induce and justifie those who shall again embark. For myself, I am of Opinion, My Lord, that the Minority should be strengthened, if it can be done upon proper Terms, by a connexion with Lord Bute, or with Lord Holland, or by the reconciling Lord Temple and M r Pitt with M r Grenville. Because I think the Party in the House of Lords is weak, in the Court, odious, and in itself not sufficient to success ; at least with this Parliament, when there is only one Court, so young a King ; at the close of an unpopular War, and in an Age of extravagance, indigence, immorality, and indifference. I presume not to enter into the reciprocal aversions and late resent- ments which may be to be considered under this Head ; too new in the < Vnfidence of Your Grace and the Duke of Devonshire, and too much a stranger to the Voice of the Duke of Cumberland, to venture upon so private a Subject ; I only express my wish, and presume to suggest what I think expedient and necessary to give opposition, force. Could both of the former of these be done, or (which I still more wish) could the Family reconciliation be accomplished, the next Thing would be to review the Minority and to allot to particular Men their separate Departments in speaking to individuals ; from which revisal and explanation it would be learnt how far late inactivity has lessened Numbers, what may be hoped upon another Trial, and what Assistance is requisite. To gain upon the Minds of the People a Daily Paper, upon the Plan of one of the present Prints, should be set up, and circulated, diligently, but quietly; and two good Pens should be employed to write from Materials, suggested by Men of Knowledge, and subject to their inspec- tion. Some leading Men in each Town through the several Counties should be admitted to Confidence, and be persuaded to give their Clubs and Districts the Tone of Conversation, recommended from hence. A Committee should be appointed to consider and prepare Heads of Business for the next Winter, and in one Word the Kingdom should be kept warm, and the Chief- attentive and laborious during the recess. 400 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess S r William Baker should be desired to put the City in motion, both as T °^Msf BJa) an Example to other Counties, and as an attack nearest home. — Your Grace will perhaps say, this is mighty well : but reconciliations with Lord Bute or Lord Holland, and the restoring of Harmony between warm and alienated Relations are all impossible, and I shall believe it upon your Testimony ; presuming only to add, that if that be the case, I should apprehend the Minority, unable, as it now stands, to break the Ministry, unwilling to accept the only Allies useful or necessary, and composed of parts not perfectly united, may possibly not much advance in another Session ; weakened by the conclusion of the last, perhaps lessened in Numbers, certainly in public opinion : No general Warrants to arraign : no extraordinary Measures, and no ground of Debate but the Army, the Navy and the several disputable Speculations which may occur about the State of the Debt and the Condition of Public Credit. I must again beg Pardon for taking up so much of your Time, but my mind is full both of matter and anxiety. I could not resist the Impression, and it is perhaps right I should take an Opportunity of saying not only what, but all I think to Your Grace. My View in doing it is honest, for I profess I wish to see decision, and have long tried to enforce that Doctrine. As things now stand, the Ministry are strong, the Minority not in strength or reputation : Lord Bute forced to keep neutrality at least, and the public grown familiarized to an Administration they see so little opposed : M r Legge I fear will not recover : M r Pitt seems withdrawn into himself, and retired to his Family and Amusements : other Men act as they did, seldom seen and inexplicit, while the Ministry diligently pick up Individuals every day who see no other prospect, nor hear of any other Union. For my own part, I prefer, it is evident, the Characters, Claims and Interests of those I have voluntarily supported to those of all other Men, and, if any hope should remain of Success, there is no situation or advantage I would not again risque or sacrifice ; but, My Lord, it must be [with] a reasonable hope of success, resulting from Union, Plan, Activity and Strength. I am far from being in a Condition to make even this prudent, after my Family disappointments and the little favour I have ever met with from former Administrations, but there is nothing I would not do to support those I prefer upon a System which has in it any Evidence of real concert, consistent Plan, and solid grounds of Strength. I have now suggested the Means which have occurr'd to me, but I am as open to consider any other, and only dread the loss of more time in more broken Consultations, imperfect Plans, and indecisive Seasons. Let me add, that the generous manner in which M r Pitt behaved to the whole Party last Year, his Name, his Weight, his Talents all make his con- currence a necessary part of any Union ; and I should very much fear any Plan would be found ineffectual, which had not both the lustre of M r Pitt's accession to it, and the declared and active support of Lord Hardwick's Family, few Men in 1 this Country being equal to Mr Yorke in that Importance, which I thank God still results from Abilities, Integrity, and Independence. I will certainly wait upon Your Grace at Clermont, and the Duke of Devonshire says he will bring me. The Bishop of London [D r Sheldon] is expected to die every Minute, and Warburton is declared to be his Successor. Lord Sandys has accepted a Pension of £1,500 a Year which he consented to take on Condition he was permitted to draw up the Reasons of the Grant, Avhich Privilege of drawing his Nightcap over his Eyes was, I believe, never refused to any Deserter at his Execution. HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 401 I beg my Compliments to the Duchess of Newcastle: I have just totwhSto sees Conway who will dine with your Grace at Claremonl on Friday, if we should learn from the Duke <>f Devonshire that four Grace approves of that Day." 1765, .June — . A receipted bill For wine. Lady Townshend is debtor to John Cole and paid 7a. For four bottles of Port wine and 3s. 6d. For fcwo bottles <>f Lisbon. 17(i5, Aug. 2nd. (Jeorge Shirley to Lord Townshend. Dated a1 Lower Eatington. ■• My I) 1 ' Lord — By a Messenger From Tamworth who arrived berelasl night at 11 o'clock. I rec d the enclosed, & an other From I:' Aylesford expressing Ins great inclination that M 1 ' Smith shou'd be in your Lord- ship's interest. His Lordship's letter to me I have sent to M r Willing- ton by the return of the Messenger, & shall follow it this evening . . . . . I have seen M?Meacham ol Stratford whose brother is with us, & he tells me his father in law, who is concern'd for Lord Wey- mouth, thinks his Lordship's interest niiieli lessen'd by the present Contest, & has no hopes of success " ...... 176o, Oct. 29th. An Agreement between Lord Townshend and Lord Weymouth concerning the Burgh of Tamworth. [Dated at Grendoh Hall.] In Consideration of the present Contest against M r [Edward] Thur- low the Candidate upon the Mannour Interest being dropt, and of Lord Townshend's concurring in his Election ; Lord Weymouth agrees that upon Lord Townshend and M r Luttrell contributing each Five Hun- dred Pounds towards it, Lord Weymouth will provide a Seat in and during the next Parliament for a Person to be named by Lord Towns- hend ; that such Seat shall be found for [sec] Weobly, unless Lord Weymouth can purchase another certain Seat, in which Case Lord Townshend and Lord Weymouth are to pay in equal Proportions so much of the Price of it, as shall be given on the Score of securing Re- Elections : But if the Seat shall be found at Weobley, in case of the Death of Lord Townshend's member at Tamworth, the Member he shall have named for Weobly shall vacate his Seat. It is further agreed that Lord Weymouth will use his Interest to fill up one half of the Corporation with Lord Townshend's friends, as soon as can be done with Security and Convenience to the United Interest. [Signed] Townshend [and] Weymouth. Witnesses] Rob. Bertie [and] S. Stanton. Same date. An election agreement, dated at Grendon Hall. " An agreement between Lord Townshend, M r Luttrell, and the Under-written, relative to the Borough of Tamworth ; M r Luttrell and his Friends who now support the Castle Interest engage in Consideration of Lord Townshend naming M r Luttrell in that Interest at the next General Election to support henceforth the Nomination of the two Members which shall be recommended by the Manourand the Castle thereby to promote the future Tranquility of the Town by resisting any third Interest. But it is understood and agreed that in Case M r Luttrell ahoud happen to die during the next Parliament the Nomination of a Memb to succeed him shall fall intirely to Lord Townshend. [Signed] Townsuknd ; J. "Luttrell ; S. Put; J. Olderhhaw; Jn° Willington. Witness[es] Rob. Bebtie [and] S. Stanton. r 24933. c c 402 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 1766, Jan. 8th. Draft letter of Lord Townshend to Mr Whiston Dated at Rainham. " Mr Whiston Your Sincerity & Integrity makes me desirous of preserving your Acquaintance, and the promise you made me of communicating your Observations upon the Necessities of the Poor, & the means of releiving them, affords me an occasion of giving you these Assurances. By a friend of Tamworth, I have this opportunity of repeating my good Wishes to you ; It is the more agreeable to me because no Elec- tion depending, it cannot be so directly interpreted as an interested Compliment, an Influence I know your honest Heart disdains ; but when I confess my Desire to consult you for the Sake of Thousands & to derive assistance from you in many Instances which perhaps my Rank cannot so easily procure, I am sure you will readily contribute, & you may be assured that I will not only most earnestly consider the Lights which you may afford me upon this Subject; but that I will either apply them myself, or recommend them to others of more Ability in such a Manner, as may contribute to the Success of that Measure which every honest & humane Man ought most devoutly to wish. The Distress ot the Poor in this Country is certainly a Circumstance which reflects the greatest disgrace to [the] Honour of this Great Country, and occasions the most radical National Imbecillity. Both as Christians & Legislators it crys out against us ; whoever can adjust & establish this great Point will deserve more Honour than Twenty Modern Cato['s] with as many admiring Senates at his Heels. If I am not mistaken the American Colonies have in 25 Years doubled the Num- ber of their Inhabitants from G* Brittain (I exclude Foreigners entirely in the Computation) How many more have starved here that might have work'd there ! or at home ? Luxury among one part & Misery with the Other is daily expelling our Inhabitants by Thousands & then we are surprised that -our Empire should be moving. Adieu my worthy friend I heartily wish you & y r Family, all health & shall allways be happy to be of use to you & to them. Yr friend & Wellwisher Townshend." 1766, June 5. Hunt Walsh to Lord Townshend. Dated at Dublin, and unaddressed. As to the state of our Politicks, we have had a variety cf Disputes during the course of this Sessions, which have probably made a greater noise on your side of the water, than they have upon the Spot. The Patriots began the Sessions with a Minority of about ten, but on the Address to His Majesty for limiting the time of our Par- liaments sitting, they mustered above ninety, and upon several other motions had between fifty and sixty, a great matter of Debate among us rises from a power our privy Council assumes of stopping our Bills, and not letting them go to England after they passed our House ; the Parliament do not allow there is any Law for this. Sir William Osborne, and M r Flood, are the chief in the Opposition and are certainly very able Men, we are fond of imitating our Neighbours, and set up for great asserters of liberty. By the last Packet there is a report that you are to succeed Lord Rochford at Madrid, if so we can not expect to have the Pleasure of seeing you here for some years. I am, my Lord " etc. 1766, June 21st. Castell ? Bacon to the same. Dated at Elcham. " My dear Lord, I beg'd y r lAhip in my last Letter that You would be so good as to week for Dublin." 176S, Dec. 23rd. Rev. Francis Wollaston to Lord Townshend. Dated in Charterhouse Square. My Lord — 1 am afraid Your Excellency will think me impertinent in again troubling you with a repetition of my application .... I understand the Rectory of Bow in Cheap*side is shortly to be resigned, & is in the gift of the Arch-bishop of Canterbury ; whether Sour Excellency would chuse to procure that for me from him (in the manner you proposed with my Lord Duke of Grafton ; or in any other method you see proper) which being better than my vicarage is more than I could get by exchange or Your Excellency may perhaps not chuse to ask for it PS. — .... I have since heard that the Arch-bishop intends to compliment the Duke of Grafton with it, so that if from either of them Your Excellency could procure it for me, it would lay me under the highest Obligation. 1769, Jan. 1st. O. Wynne to the eame. Dated at Haslewood. " My Lord, — I have just heard that You intend to pay a Visit at Elphiu, & Boyle, in a few days, and to shoot at Rockingham, if so, I flatter myself that I shall have the honor of seeing Your Excellency, & Your friends, at this Place. I am just twenty Miles from Boyle, and the Road is very fine, I think I can promise You some pleasant Shooting, & You will see a Romantick Country; if I find that I am to expect the honour of Your Company here, I shall be ready to assist you with horses or Carriages, I am with the greatest Respect, Your Excellency's much obliged, etc." 1769, Jan. 21st. Rev. Francis Wollaston to the same. Dated in Charterhouse Square. " I am sorry to find by him [Mr Lees] that Your Excellency seems to have misunderstood my intentions concerning the resignation of Dereham ; the Rectory of which, being a Sinecure of £300 p. an. & compatible with anything, is by itself, in general estima- tion, equal to any other living of £600 ; & therefore was not in my thoughts to part with. But the Vicarage of about £200 p an., if Your Excellency could obtain for me a living in or near London, -would thereby be vacated If, in exchange for that part of my living which is of £200, I wish by Y"our Excellency's interest to obtain one not less than £300, I hope you will not think me unreasonable'' 1769, Feb. 17th. Capt. William Wolsclev — "at Mrs. Berncr's, grocer, Panton Street Leaster Fields, London" — to Lord Townshend. The writer, who has been 14 years in the army and served three years in Germany, gave £3,500 for his Troop in the 8 th Dragoons and now is unable to sell in the regiment above the Regulation price. The 40G HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Marquess value of his commission, and £17,00 his wife's fortune, is all that he has Totoshbjti) t0 bU b s i s t on after selling out. Cornet [William] Clive of Lord Pem- "— * broke's Regiment, [the 1 st Dragoons] brother to Lord Clive, and Capt. Falkner of the Guards, are desirous of purchasing the writer's Troop. 1769, May 6th. Lieut. John Crosse, Commander of the Hornet Sloop of War, to Sackville Hamilton. Dated at Dublin, and addressed to Sackville Hamilton Esq r at the Custom house. The writer, having been desired to assist in apprehending John Connor a proclaimed smuggler, explains that he is under orders to sail for Liverpool, where he expects to find orders to deliver up his com- mand ; but that he will call at the Isle of Man on his way to Liverpool and will acquaint the commanding officer of the King's ships, who he doubts not will repair to Dublin without delay. 1769, May 9th. Sackville Hamilton, Principal clerk to the Commis- sioners of the Customs and Revenue in Ireland, to M 1 Waite of Dublin Castle. Enclosing the last, by direction of the Commissioners, to be laid before the Lord Lieutenant. 1769, Aug. 9th. — H. William Wilson to Lord Townshend. Dated at Kir by. " My Lord — I was honoured w th your two Letters the same post, and take the first opportunity of returning your Lordship thanks for your very obliging Offer of your house at Rainham which I should w th great pleasure [have] accept'd of, but since my last I have buried my Uncle of Didlington who has left me Sole Executor so [[] shall spend [a] great part of the Sporting Season there, but shall always be happy to pay my Respects at Rainham on your return " 1769, Aug. 10th. Rev. Francis Woolaston to the same. Dated at East Dereham. My Lord — The sollicitude of all my friends to have me once more settled in their neighbourhood, together with my own inclinations urged me last summer to make application for a removal from hence : & I would apply no where but to Your Excellency though I could have wished to have received some advancement at Your Excel- lency's hands, & therefore did decline one opening by way of Exchange last winter ; I could not refuse an offer that has since been made by the Bishop of Rochester [D r Zachariah Pearce] at the request of my brother Heberden ; nor with so aged a Bishop could I delay passing through all the forms at once : & therefore, being summoned last week to London from whence I returned yesterday, [I] was a few days since collated to the Rectory of Chislehurst in Kent ; a situation most agreeable & on all accounts most desirable. I hope your Excellency will excuse me in this. It is my maxim to keep always steady to my principles, & [to be] gratefull to benefactors ; among whom I have hoped and shall hope always to reckon Your Excellency." 1769, Oct. 28th. Mrs. Robert Orme to her sister-in-law Lady Townshend. Dear Madam, " I have long wished for an Occasion cf writing to you but the Resentment of all my Family except that of my poor Brother Charles was so great that it deterr'd me from making any other Application but Sir William Draper who was so feeling and humain as to have at heart a Family Reconciliation filled me with joy at his Account of your great Benevolence Compassion and good Will. It is therefore Madam in Consequence of what I think my Duty that I trouble you with this HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 407 Letter to rotum you my most grateful! thanks lor your kind and a flee- Mahqcbbb donate Behaviour, and also to beg of you dear Madam to ase all your J '\. Influence upon my Brother to forgive me and my Children, and be — ' assured thai I shall ever retain the most most grateful Remembrance <»f it. Clyst, October 28 th . A l DKEY Oumk." 1769, Dec. 28th. Rev. K. Percival to . Daw, I at Dublin, and nnaddressed. u Lord Townshend has not had a satisfactory sessions, the conclusion of which you Bee in t lie Votes of the Commons the Opposition he met with laid him under a Necessity of giving what- ever he had i<> dispose of to such Members as supported him in the House. This has in a great measure put it out of his Excellency's Power to do anything for my brother William .... My Brothers Health is declining, & the Expenses of his Family encreasing, his eldest Sou has been above a year in the College, his Second is Appren- tice to a very respectable Merchant, & his third still at School ; they are all very well disposed, & behave intirely to the Satisfaction of their Friends" 1770, Feb. 13th. Simon Fraser to Lord Townshend. Dated at Percy Street. "My dear Lord — I have been very much concerned these two weeks, that no information reached me upon material Matters, which deserved your Lordship's Attention. I called at Lord Weymouth's Office the morning after The Duke of Grafton's resignation, and I was told that an official Letter had been sent to acquaint your Excellency of it, and as the most experienced Politicians could not guess what effect that Event would have upon the present Administration, it was necessary to wait the fate of two or three questions in the house of Commons, before a Conjecture could be formed about Lord North's Situation ; and by the division yesterday in both houses, it is evident, that the Ministry has got additional Strength. 1 have desired that the Minutes should be sent to your Lordship, and by them, you will see the Motions which were made Yesterday in the house of Commons, by M* Dowdswell, and in the house of Peers by Lord Chatham seconded by Lord Camb- den, and it was an exceeding good debate. The Duke of Grafton Lord Gower, and Lord Mansfield distinguished themselves upon the Side of [the] Administration. To day the Countenances of the friends of Government is cleared up, and all party s agree, that we shall have no Change this Winter. I have taken some trouble to enquire about your Excellency's Situation, and I sincerely believe that it is seriously intended to continue your Lordship in the Government of Ireland, and to support you firmly in it. The many unforseen events which have happened here, rendered i! impossible to give the Dispatch transmitted by M r Swan a final and decisive Consideration, M 1 Wood told me vester- day that he carried it by Lord Weymouth's desire last Sunday to Lord North, and that it would, in all probability be answered in the Course of the week. I hope it will be entirely satisfactory to your Excellency and that you will be enabled to govern Ireland upon true Constitutional Principles, and to bring forward some independent gentlemen who have supported your Lordship's Administration at the risk of their own political existence. Lord Legonier cannot live many days. The Duke of Gloucester will certainly have the first Regiment of Guards, ami 1 have heard it sur- mised every where that Your Lordship has very good pretensions to the third ; I humbly submit it, if your Excellency may not apply to His 408 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Majesty, by a Letter addressed to Lord Weymouth, there cannot h& any impropriety in this Application, as there is no Commander in Chief at present, if Your Lordship shall think proper to inclose the letter to me, I will take Care to deliver it, and perhaps an opportunity may offer of having some Conversation with the Secretary of State [Lord Wey- mouth] upon the Subject. General Cornwallis desires to be very affectionately remembered to Tour Lordship and he wishes to have his Regiment quartered this year at Waterford, & if it makes no alteration in the arangement of Quarters it would be very agreeable to me. The General, in the most delicate, & tender manner desired me to mention his wish, to have an Ensigncy in his own or some other Regiment for a very near relation of his. He is well aware of the difficult Situation in which your Excellency must be frequently placed with respect to political Connections, and he is far from desiring this instance of your Excys kindness to him, if it lays you under any inconvenience." 1770, April 10th. The same to the same. Dated in Percy Street. "My dear Lord — 1 had the honor to see Lord Weymouth this Morn- ing, and was happy to find that he had an Opportunity to receive His Majesty's Pleasure so soon, upon the most material part of your Excy's Dispatch; it will be transmitted to Your Lordship by this night's Post, and as the Parliament is not to meet it will not be necessary for me to apply to any of the Members to repair to Ireland. Mr Conolly left town last Sunday ; and he will give you an Account of what passed in the house of Common here about Irish affairs ; Deyson's Pension is much talked of; and I find that it is disclaimed by some of the Ministry ; if it is considered as good ground for opposition here, Your Excy may imagine how much may be made of it in Ireland " . . . . 1770, May 1st. Lord Barrington, Secretary of War, to the same. The writer informs the Lord Lieutenant that the latter had been appointed a Lieut.-General. Same date. Viscount Clare, M.P. for Bristol and ex-President of the Board of Trade, to the same. Dated in London. " My dear Lord — I feel in common with my late Brothers, Mess rs Ellis and Grenville, your Excellency's very kind attention to cur Interest, altho I do not mean to avail my Self of it, as I hope to qualifye in Ireland. But my Obligation to your Excellency is the very same. I know how well you understand and have at heart the Importance of the Linen-manufacture to Ireland. I wish that others Natives of that Country, who are indebted to it not only for their Existence but for the means of preserving it, members of both Houses here, were half so zealous in their Endeavours for its Service : but many of them forsooth, are too great to bend their Attention to such low Concerns, and we were left, as usual, in the House of Commons with very few indeed belonging to Ireland either by Birth or Fortune, to determine upon the Continuance of the Bounty now given in common to certain Species of British and Irish Linens exported from Great Britain. The Friends of Manchester took advantage of this thin Attendance to come to a Com- promise with the Scotch, by which a Part of the Bounty was to be taken off from those Linens and apply'd to chequed and striped British Linens. I soon perceived and exposed the Injustice of this Proposition. The Scotch adhered to the Compact with us, and the Friends to this Expedient did not venture to propose it in a formal Question to the House. The Bounties upon Linens will be continued. But as it proposed to give also a small Bounty upon British chequed and striped Linens, I shall try whether we can not obtain the same for those of the manufacture of HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. 409 Is- land, which are note prohibited lo be imported here by an excessive ,Mabq Duty. I shall also endeavour to have the Bounty upon white and in-own M8g> Linens of Great Britain and Ireland, which is now absurdly confined, extended to printed Linens of the name Species. But in neither of these Propositions have I much hopes of succeeding. I wish when there is a Vacancy at the Linen-Board, to be appointed a Trustee ; and, without much Vanity, my Country-men ought to wish it at leasl as much as 1 doj for T mean, when I return into Ireland to make myself as much as 1 can master of that important subj I hope 1 said nothing in my last Letter to convey an [dea to you as if you had heen reflected upon hy your Country-man, or any other person, in the Debate upon the Irish Pensions. Not a Glance of that Tendency was thrown out : and when Justice was done to your Love for Ii'l.md manifested upon that and every other Subject, it was Praise, not Vindi- cation. I do not believe we shall rise quite so soon as was believed. I think we shall sit three weeks longer, even if no extraordinary Event shoud happen. Wilkes is my near Neighbour, and passes every Day before my Door as unnoticed and unattended as any other Passenger. Craggs-Clare." 1770. May 26th. Rev. T. O. Young to Lady Townsbend. Dated at Northchurch. "Now our Parliament is up, the News Paper- seem to turn their patriotic attention to Irish grievances, & the Guild of Merchants begins to share the Paragraphs with our Common Councell." 1770, June 2nd. Lady Mary Compton to the same. Dated at Bruton Street. "for the last three Weeks, they [i.e. fires] have been more wanted than in the Depth of Winter. The [King's] Birthday [June 4 th ] being so near, I imagine as soon as that Ls over, the Town will empty very fast ; a few people will be obliged to attend, till her Majesty's Month is up." 1770, June oth. Mrs. Elizabeth Drummond to the same. Dated at Wimbledon. " I think you managed very cleverly about my Lady Arden [the Countess of Egmont]. I wish it had been an English Peerage, but as she wisht to have it, I own I am very happy it is done, I realy was much surprised for I had never heard a word of it till she came 0OMMIB8IOK 411 harsher name) of Lord Sandwich's inlerpo-ii inn & misinterpretation MARQUESt when In' writes to you of t lie determined incompatibility of my acceptance of the Dorset Yatcht with my future employment in any aetivt St /rice. His Lordship may have determined this in his own Mind, bat the fact is incontrovertible otherwise : & when I had the Honor of waiting on his Lordship, I gave him a Case in Point. I mentioned Cap' Welter who commanded a 74 Gun Ship in the last War after having been for some time Commander of the Dorset Yatcht, & who is now, on account of his bad Health on the list of retire .1 Admirals, to which his Lordship replied that he was not then at the [Admiralty] Board." .... 1771, Sept. 9th. The same to the same. Dated in London. "Impatient at the Earl of Sandwich's conduct 1 hurried to Town, hut it will he a Week before I can see him & I fear unless your Lordship is pleased to move again I shall he defeated. The Time presses & I wish to save [the] post. Your Lordship will forgive my writing to you as it were on one Leg but delays are dangerous & I have made up my Mind for having again the Charge of your Person across the Sea. My Noblt Lords at Whitehall think me weak enough to leave my Cake and gnaw the Streamer but they are mistaken. Your Lordship is the best ju[d]ge of their power ; they may tear the Yatcht from me, but they shall not gain, what they labour at, my Consent. Excuse this Hint & this hurry my Lord I have thought it right to give you this intelligence, & I hope I have not misjudged." 1771, Sept. 11th. Solomon Schomberg to the same. Dated in Whalebone Court, Lothbury. . . . " Allowing for human Infirmities, my Conduct in a Period of upwards of three very expensive Years in your Excellency's Service, has, (unless, Indigence is criminal) been strictly irreproachable ; What Debts 1 have contracted, were created by Necessity, unavoidably incurr'd by my Situation, by Illness & other adventitious Circumstances, & not through Choice or Extravagance." .... 1771, Oct. 2nd. Lord Sandwich to the same. Dated at the Ad- miralty. " My dear Lord,— It gives me great pleasure to be able to inform Your Excellency, that I have contrived to accommodate the person recom- mended by Lord Koch ford, otherwise than with the Command of the Dorset Yatcht ; & that I am therefore ready to obey Your Commands upon that Subject. I must beg however before the Commission is made out, to receive your final & explicit determination between the Captains Shirley and Schomberg ; your last letter went on a supposition that Captain Shom- l>crg would not accept it ; but whither he is extremely indigent, or extremely infatuated, or whither ho may think my situation here not permanent 1 know' not, but he persists in his acceptance of the Yatcht if it is offered to him ; contrary to the opinion of his best friends, and of every Officer in the Sea Service with whom I have conversed upon the occasion. I om sure, my Dear Lord, you who are a Military Man, & have the most proper notions of the sort of delicacies due to the preservation of a military character, will not think the carrying pas- sengers Eor emolument is a proper school for a person that is to command a fleet; if lucre is a person's object let him have it, but then do not let him aspire to honours that for the good of the Service must be pursued thro' a different channel. I own I wish you had never mentioned his name upon this occasion, as it will probably lose an Officer to the Navy 412 HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. who might hereafter have made a considerable figure in his profession : & will postpone a very good man who you wish to serve [Captain Shirley], who is related to your family, and who I think much the properer man for the employment in question." .... 1771, Dec. 19th. Hugh Massy to the same. Dated at Suire Castle, near Cashell. The writer begs Lord Townshend to appoint Simon Durdon Esq ve , of the city of Limerick, High Sheriff of that county for the ensuing year. 1772, Feb. 19th. Capt. Alexander Schomberg to the same. Dated at Dublin. The writer suggests a plan for attacking Copenhagen should we ever break with the Danes. 1775, March 8th. John Hely Hutchinson, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, to the same. Dated at Trinity Coll. This letter refers to an appointment which the writer has recently received from the Government. 1785, July 24th. Lord Orford to the same. Dated at Norwich. My D r Lord I am sorry to inform you that Master Money ascended alone under the British Balloon at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Balloon rose to a great Hight & took a direction towards the Sea. . It was seen entering over the Ocean about a League south of Lowestoft' at a very great Hight at Six of Clock. By which Circumstance I am greatly apprehensive for his Safety. Nor can I account for his thus continuing in the Air but that by some accident perhaps the String which connects the Valve was broken or by the Collapsion of the lower Part of [the] Balloon (for twas not half full) the String w ld not act upon it. It gave me great Concern to hear that Your Lordship had received a Wound from your own Sword. I hope you are now perfectly recovered & that we shall soon see you in the Country. Orford." 1786, Jan. 30th. Arthur" Young to the same. Dated at Bradfield Hall. " My Lord The more I reflect on your Lordship's discovery in feeding cattle and sheep with the trimmings of plantations the more important it appears to me ; & I am confirmed in the opinion by that of every person I have mentioned it to. This makes me anxious to have y r Lordship's account of it, w ch I hope you will favour me w th . It will convince the world that y r retirement when in the country is no less dedicated to the service of mankind than y r more active exertions have been, to promote that of the State. I was lately in High Suffolk to view their cows, & met with a good farmer who wanted a farm ; his name Kent; I told him of y r Lordship's & believe he will go to see it." My most respectful Compt 8 to Lady Townshend— I hope she will by & by let a Cow rival a greyhound. 1791, Feb. 21st. The Chevalier D'Eon to the same. Addressed to ** My Lord Marquis of Townshend— No. 14 Weymouth Street." M Ue D'Eon est bien fachee de ne s'etre point trouvee chez elle quand Milord Marquis de Townshend lui a fait 1'honneur d'y passer. Depuis ce terns elle a ete incommodee, Sans cela elh auroit ete lui presenter ses respects & a Milady. Si Milord a la bonte de lui faire dire le jour & l'heure qu elle peut le voir elle si [sic'] rendra avec empressement ; l'homme qui garde la porte HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION'. 113 dc MilorJ (lit a toutcs 1c personnee qu'il no connoit pas que Milord n'y t Mau j est pas. 1791, March 4th. Lord Orford to the Marquis Towpahend. Dated at Eriswell. " My D r Lord May I beg of your Lordship to send the Inclosure to U Frederick. I am now to return your Lordship Thanks for L' 1 Sheffield's Pamphlet in which as in all his Lordship's there is much to be approved of, tho' not the whole work. 1 cannot for instance agree with his Lordship & the Yarmouth merchants that t'wod be right to take off the Penalties to which ships are liable for smugling Corn. The Argument that the Owner shou'd not Buffer for the Fault committed by his Captain is not consistent to the Laws of this Country which in every Instance make the Master responsible for the offences of his Servants. Your Lordship's Coachman for Instance driving your empty Carriage against an other you tho absent cou'd be obliged to pay all Damage incurr'd, & I am persuaded that if the Penalty was to be changed from Confiscation to one Hundred Pounds agreable to L d Sheffield's Proposal that ihe whole Corn Bill won d be reduced to a Piece of Waste Paper, for the Merchant wou'd run so small a risque whenever the Markets either at Home or Abroad were so high as wou'd indemnify him for speculating on the Chance of Detection. Farming & Farmers go on well this Winter. Corn continues increasing in Price and I am certain from my own returns that they have not had so good a Year among many Past as the Last. If you chuse to breed by a very fine Indian Wild P>oar sent from Madrass to L l C° Hughes, now at Houghton you will be welcome to serve as many Sows as you please." INDEX. A. Abbot, Adam, master of ship ; 89. Abercorn, Earl of (1724) ; 142. Abercromby, James, attorney-general in South Carolina ; 270. Aberdeen : provost of, fined and imprisoned ; 32. illegal impositions on ; 35. Duke of Argyll at ; 185. Earl of (1721), election concerning; 343. Abergavenny, Lord (1734) ; 244. Abingdon : Earl of (1712); 210. — — commissioner ; 211. governor of the Tower ; 217. and Elizabeth Shirley ; 223, 228, 230, 231. (1715\ militia under ; 167. Lady ; 224', 228, 229. Abney, Lady ; 228. Ackland, Sir Hugh; 137. Acworth, Sir Jacob, surveyor ; 11G. Adams : Richard, valuation by ; 202. Capt. Samuel ; 60. Adderbury; 314,315,394. Addine, Mr. ; 10. Addison, Joseph, quotation from his Tra- vels ; 378. Admiralty, the, suppressed orders by ; 59. Adventure, the ship ; 89, 98. Adye, William, suit by ; 138, 139, 141. Aguillon, Duchess of, Lady Richelieu ; 69. Agutter, Mr. ; 252. Aire, camp before ; 74, 75. Aix la Chapelle, waters of; 191. Alatamaha river ; 256. Albany : the Senccas near ; 2G9. the sloop ; 397. Albemarle : Duke of (1664) ; 26, 40. (1666-67), letters of; 27. Earl of (1710); 73. (1746); 361. Lady, accident to ; 248. Aldenham ; 5. Aldermastou, letter dated at ; 3)1. Aldrich, Mr., tutor at Cambridge; 13. Alexander : Mrs., of Edinburgh ; 190. A., letter of; 194. James, of New York ; 297. Algiers, English consul at, his pay ; 126. Alicant castle, siege of; 198. Allein, Richard ; 254. Allen : James; 290, 291. Jeremiah ; 290. Allgood, Mr. ; 366. Almenara, battle of, account of; 72. killed and wounded at ; 71, 72. Alresford, letter dated at ; 335. Alsace : Strasburg and ; 87. Upper, the Erench and ; 65. Alva, Duke of, in Flanders ; 2. Ambassadors : plate and allowances of; 50. and agents abroad, English, their pay and allowances ; 126. Ambrose, Edward ; 211. Amelia, Princess, the ship; 394. America : plantations in, papers relating to ; 254 et seq. report on ; 294. silk from ; 263. scheme for driving the French from; 306. Indians of, effect of spirits on; 372. the ship; 89. Amherst : Jeffrey, Brigadier afterwards Lord, in Canada, letters of, &c; 307, 309, 315. his battalion at Quebec ; 32.". letter to ; 327. General, his opinion of Roircr Towns- hend; 395. Amsterdam; 342. letters dated at ; 51, 64, 74, 75, 107. 337. English ships at ; 60. Admiralty of; 73. the ship ; 60. Annas, Mr. j 3.".:;. Am veil, John, letter of; 354. Anabaptists or Menonists ; 63. Aneaster, Dachess of; 248. Anderson, James, letter of: 161. 41G INDEX. Andertou : Francis; 168. Sir Francis, of Lostock ; 1 64. Hugh; 168. Andrews : — , interpreter ; 259, 260. Mr.; -Jr.;. letter to ; 209. Sir Jonathan ; 211. Tho., of Tower Hill ; 215. Anglesey, Farl of : (1676), -warrants signed by ; 44, 45. (1714), his marriage ; 224. Anguishe, Mr. ; 13, 16. Anne, Queen : letter to ; 49. celebration of her birthday ; 79. document signed by ; 80. bequest to the poor by ; 132. her Bounty, return concerning ; 147. address from the Tower Hamlets to ; 215. her letter about Nova Scotia ; 295, 296. her illness and death ; 220. her funeral ; 221. Annecy, army at ; 56. Annesley, Mr. ; 229. Anson, Lord (1748) ; 364. Anstis, John, Garter; 114. Anstruther, his regiment at Quebec ; 324, 327. Antigua, letter dated at ; 306. Antwerp ; 157. le Grand Laboureur ; 78. English secretary at, his pay ; 126. abandoned by the French ; 360. Aoust, the valley ; 55. Apalachee, bay ; 269, 270. Apethorpe, letter dated at ; 36. Apothecary's bill ; 20. Appermont, Madlle. d* ; 88. Appleton ; 27. Nathaniel, pastor in Cambridge, Mass. ; 280. Apsley, Sir Peter, treasurer of James, Duke of York; 35. Aragon ; 77. Arbuthnot : Dr.; 333. Mr., banker in Paris ; 333. at Rouen ; 342. John, commission to ; 201. Arches in Spain, the allies at ; 69, 70. capture of; 70. Arden, Lady ; 409. Ardinge, Jhon ; 10. Ardoch, Argyll's army at; 184. Argyll, Duke of : payments to, for Prince George's regiment; 201. (1709), letter of; 204. (1711), going to Spain ; 80. (1715), sent to Scotland ; 160. letter of ; ib. at Edinburgh ; 161. his tenants of Morvene ; 164. his services at Edinburgh ; 166. Argyll, Duke of — cont. despatches of Townshend and Stan- hope to; 173-186. (1716), his pension; 102. (1720) ; 106. (1721), election concerning; 343. lands belonging to ; 195. Argyllshire : Gen. Gordon in ; 164. compensation for losses in ; ib. militia of ; 177. inhabitants of; 195. Arlington, Lord, letters of and to ; 25, 27, 29. Armstrong : letter of; 112. John, of the Ordnance; 223. Army in 1709, list of ; 128. Arnull, Samuel, letters of; 369. Arrau : Lord (1716); 233. and Lady ; 239. Countess of, Dorothy, letters of; 223, 227, 231. Arwell, Mr. ; 10. Arzeliers, Marquis d' ; 64. Ascough, Allen, a Jacobite prisoner ; 168. Ash, Ashe : Ben., letter of; 129. Edward, clerk of the Ordnance ; 222. letters of; 331, 340. Martha, of Twickenham ; 330. Ashby; 246. letters dated at; 218, 219. See Castle Ashby. Ashes, Lancaster ; 1 64. Ashley : Lord (1671); 28. Abraham ; 255. Ason, letters dated at ; 329. Assaj^ment office ; 347. Astell, William, ship owner ; 90. Astells, Mr. ; 209. Astley, Sir Jacob : letters of; 25. agreement by ; 127. candidate for Norfolk ; 329. and the Norwich election ; 339. his steward; 382. Astwell; 228. Athol : clan of; 194, 195. Duke of (1715) ; 175. his son ; 199. Attleborough, Massachusetts, discovery of iron ore at; 277. Atwood, Robert, letter of; 336. Aucherarder, letter dated at ; 163. Audley, Thomas; 7. Augustus, King : and the Polish crown ; 53. dethroning of; 57. and the Czar ; 65. proposed advance of money to ; 105. document signed by ; 117. Aurelle; 55. Australia, company for colonizing ; 139. INDEX. 417 Austria : House of, and the Pope ; 52. the Succession in; 121. battalions furnished by; 860. Aylesford, Lord (17G5), and Tamwortb election ; 401. Aylshain, poor house at ; 11. Ayrshire nobility and gentry, charges against ; SI. Azilia, in Carolina ; 256. B. Bachwell, Col.; 245. Bacon : Lady, her tirst marriage ; 17. Anthony, bequest to ; 5. Castell, letters of; 402, 403. Kdmund, brother of Sir Nathaniel ; 37. Sir Edmund; 137, 353. letters of ; 366. deputy lieutenant of Norfolk ; 124. Edward, son of Sir Nicholas ; 6. Francis, bequest to ; 5. Sir Francis (1609), letter of; 27. N., letter of; 22. Sir Nathaniel, letters and papers of ; 1-22 passim. executor; 16,17. his wife Dorothy ; 11, 17. letters of ; 24. bis will ; 37. Nathaniel, son of Sir Nicholas; 6, 7. commissioner ; 11. high sheriff; 11. Sir Nicholas, letters to ; 1,3. his will ; 4-7. burial of ; 7. Robin; 24. Thomas; 211. Badgers of corn ; 2. Badinel, his petition ; L25. Bagot : Dick; 313. Mrs. Frances; 230. Bahamas, governor of; 265, 300. Baillie, George, instructions signed by ; 89. Baker : Alderman William, petition of; 272. Sir "William, his influence in the City ; 400. Balaguer, camp at ; 68. Balguy, Rev. Air., of St. John's College, Cambridge ; 385. Ballard, George, letter of; 245. Balloon, a, ascent of; 412. Balls, co. Herts j ■'('.»:. letter dated at ; 357. U 24953. Baltic, the, Sir John Eforris'i Exp lition to; Bfl L02. Baltimore, 1 1 I 1746) •, 861. Bamberg, Bishop of, disgraced ; 123. Banfleld, Sir Copplestone ; 172. Banister Hall, Lancaster; 164. Bankers, bankrupt ; 849, 850. Banshaind, Sir Edward \ i". liar l.- Due, tin- Pretender at; 158, 159, 163, 177. Barage, waters of; 191. Barbadoes : governor of; 1 15. Byng ; 302. governors (if, their pa] ; 265 their allowance- ; 306. Barber, Francis, letter of ; 86. his two livings ; ib. Barbon, James, letter of; 336. Barcelona ; 65. letter ilated at ; 68. threatened siege of ; 79. cavalry at; 116. Barclay, David, sale to ; 255. Bardewick, .Mr., agent in Russia ; 117. Bardsey ; 164. Barge belonging to Prince George, valua- tion of; 204, 205. Barker: Mr., wounded ; 309. Peter, of Whitby ; 359. Barley, price of, in 1602 ; 12. Barnardiston, sir Nathaniel ; 211. Barnstaple, election for ; 137. Barnwell, John : answers by; 254. commissioner ; 255. report by ; 296. Baronet, a, fees paid on creation of; 37-38. Barons, directions on creation of; 38-39. fees paid by ; 39. Barre, Major, wounded at Quebec ; 324. Barrier, the, papers concerning : 48, 49, 50, 58, 87, 88. Barrington : his regiment ; 32S. Lord (1759) ; 315. (1770), letter of; 408. Barroughe, Thomas ; 2. Barsham, Thomas, letter of; 19. Bartenstein : his power at Vienna; 123. his spleen ; 124. Barton, Mr, messenger ; 162. Lanier. Mons., letter of ; 88. BaStinentOes, letter dated at ; 116- Bateman : John ; 211. Thomas ; 811. Bath; 182, 242. 24 1. letters dated at : 120, .522. waters of; 191. the, order of, proposed revival of; 114. • ancient rights on confer- ring ; 345. Batburst, Sir Benjamin, treasurer of James Duke of York ; 35. D D 41S INDEX. Baville, M. de, in the Cevennes ; 53. Bayly, Bayley : — , and Capt. Carstaircs ; 33. — , fined and imprisoned ; ib. the carrier; 167. Thomas; 137. Baynes, William, of Tower Hill; 215. Bajonne, ship from; 107. Beach, Capt. Henry ; 208. Beaconsfield ; 242. Beadle, Joshua, letter of ; 340. Beagham, Mr. ; 352, 353. Beak, Mr.; 89. Beale, Colonel, at Charles Town ; 271. Bearcroft, Philip, alderman of Worcester ; 158. Beard, opera singer ; 242. Beauchamp, Ephraim ; 211. Beauclerk : Lord Sidney ; 243. Lord Vere, of the Admiralty ; 148. Beauford galley ; 270, 271. Beaufort : family; 314. Duke of (1686); 25. proprietor in Carolina (1720) ; 255, 257. — — in Paris (1727) ; 200. Duchess of, her second marriage ; 230. (1709) her death; 336. Beaumont, Mr., at Dantzig ; 92. Beauvoir, Richard ; 211. Beawes, William ; 211. Beckham, Thomas, articles against; 41. Bedford : assizes ; 356. Earl of (1576); 3. ■ a prisoner ; 1 1 . Countess of; 21. Duke of (1748), and the Fens ; 362. Bedingfield : Amy, letters of ; 1. Christopher, letters of ; 25. Sir Henry, letters of and to; 18,19, 25. Beer, transportation of; 12, 13. Beevor, Thomas, letter of ; 318. Belcher, Jonathan, governor of Mas- sachusetts Bay ; 274. letters of ; 275-292 passim. Col. Dunhar and ; 278, 279, 282, 288. his son Jonathan ; 278, 280, 283, 289, 292. Belhaven, Lord (1721), governor of Barbadoes ; 306. Bell: Robert; 2. Sir Robert, elected for Norfolk ; 23. William, of Magdalen College, Cam- bridge ; 391. Bellew, Lady; 192. Bellomont, Lord ; 332. Bellpuig, letter dated at ; 332. Bennowe, Mr., payment to ; 38. Bender ; 79. Bengal, governor of ; 149. Benjamin, the ship ; 89. Benson, Colonel, in Spain ; 80. Samuel ; 211. Sir William; 211. Benyon, Richard, governor of Fort St. George; 149. Benzell, Lieut., wounded at Quebec ; 324. Beresford, Rich.; 254. Bergen op Zoom, siege of; 153. Berkeley : Lady, her lands in Rudham ; 37. Mr., elected at Dover; 343. Berlin : letters dated at; C5, 73,81, 82,84, 113. English envoy in, his pay and allow- ance; 126. Bermuda, governors of, their pay ; 265. Bernard : Francois, letters to ; 191. Louis, of Lezan, petition of; 145. Berne; 337. letters dated at ; 74, 76, 78, 81, 85, 86. Council of; 88. Bernera, General Campbell at ; 361. Berners, Mrs., of Panton Street ; 405. Berney : Mr., clerk of the peace for Norfolk ; 349. John, ofWestwick; 339. Richard, candidate for Norwich ; 339. Bernsdorf, Count, project by ; 104. Bernstorff, Mons., paper addressed to; 118. Bertie : Mr.; 207, Lady Anna, letters of ; 232, 234. Catherine ; 230. Mrs. Eleanor ; 233. H.; 257. James; 255-257. commissioner ; 211. Robert, agreements witnessed by; 401. Berwick; 183. Berwick, Duke of: (1709) his army ; 56. (1715) ; 161. his adherence to the Pretender; 165. guards under ; 168. Betenson, Sir Edward; 211. Bethune : capitulation of; 73. governor of; 73. Beuzelin, Fran., letter of ; 129. Bewdley election, proceedings at; 41. Bezons, Marshal ; 55. Bicknell : Thomas ; 392. letter of; ib. Bidelf, Mr. ; 229. Bilbao : letter from ; 88. English merchants trading to ; 134. Billers, Sir William, letter of ; 354. INDEX. 41i» Billing-gat,' ; 192. Binbrigge, John ; 11. Birch, Serjeant ; 137. Bird, Robert 5 211. Birmingham . letter dated at ; 160. Jacobite riot- at; I new church at ; 846. Edward, petition of; 3t>. Bishop's Castle, election for; 137. Bisset, Brigadier Andrew ; 138. Black : Mi - , of Rotterdam ; 75. Gilbert, of Rotterdam j 336. Blackemau, Robert, bequest to ; 6. Rlackett, Sir William ; 1C9. Blackball, John ; 211, 213. Blackmore, Thomas ; 211,213. Blackwell : Sir Lambert; 107. declaration by ; 342. Bladen, Martin, commissioner of trade ; 296. Blagand, laird of ; 34. Blair, Hary, letter to ; 190. Blairgowry, the Jacobites at ; 161. Blake: Mr., proprietor in Carolina ; 257. Joseph ; 255. Blakeney, Col. ; 286, 290. Blakeway, James, of Shrewsbury j 158. Blakewey, William ; 211. Blaucher, — , conviction of; 27. Bland : Lieut.-Colonel, wounded ; 71. Lady Francis ; 249. Blandford, Marquis of, in Paris (1727) ; 200. Blanket^, consecrated ; 52. Blathwayte, William, report by ; 254. Blenheim, battle of; 330. Bletsoe, a bonesetter at Stamford ; 352. Blickling; 1. letters dated at ; 7, 349. Blissy, M. de, of Orleans ; 191. Blondall, Thomas; 10. Blount : Sir Christopher ; 10. J., letter of; 212. Blundell, Lord ; 137. Blunt ; one, and the Lottery ; 82. Mr., letters to; 190, 212. Blyth, letter dated at ; 340. Boddington, — , merchant ; 52. Bohemia, King of, at the Hague ; 22. Boliogbroke, Lord: letters of; 104, 220. (1715), his departure from Paris; 157. Lord Oxford and ; ib. his negotiations for the Pretender; 165. and the Duke of Orleans ; 174. (1738), expected in England; 356. his posthumous works; 375, 383. Bollan, Shirley and; 301. Bolton: ( aptain ; 214. Duke of ( 1710) ; 330. Bombay, gori ra ir of ; 149. Bombury, sir Henry, charged with high treason ; 46. Boone : Charles ; 211. Joseph, agent for Carolina ; 255. Bordeaux : letters dated at ; 207, 208. wines of; 208. petition dated at ; 134-136. Bored, ftfons., letter to ; 112. Boristhenes, the river ; 57. Borlum, laird of, to be seized ; 173. Bornholm : Swedish cruisers near ; 92. Sir J. Norris off; 93. island of; 96. English squadron off ; 98, 99. Boroughbridgc, Duke of Argyll at; 173. Boseawen : — , in Cornwall; 162, 163. Admiral, expedition under ; 394. Boston, New England : letters dated at ; 275-292. clergy, memorial of ; 279, 280. Brattle Street ; 280. North and South churches in ; ib. Holies Street ; ib. ships from ; 314. Bos worth, letter dated at ; 320. Bothmar, M. ; 101, 102. Boucher, Mrs., her house ; 224, 226. Bougainville (Boncainville), M. : de, at Quebec ; 323, 325, 327. Boulby, Alderman, of Whitby ; 359. Boulogne ; 193. Bourbon, Duke of, George I.'s letters to ; 114, 115. Bourne, Lancaster j 164. Bournouvill, Duke of: conference with ; 118. his negotiation in Spain ; 120. Bouverie, Mr. ; 242. Bowles, Brigadier Phineas ; 138. Bowman, Henry : letter on behalf of ; 210. petition of; 212. memorial of ; ib. Bowyer, W., letter of; 381. Boyle : Lord Townshend at ; 405. Henry, secretary of state ; 49. ~ "letters to ; 48, 49, 53, 58, 61, 64, 68. letter of; 66. extracts from his despatches ; 60. out of office ; 76. wine for ; 82, 83. Brabant : Count Mansfeld in ; 20. governor of ; E Bracknell, letters dated at ; 238, 241. Braddyll : Rog., letter of; 129. D D 'I i'20 INDEX. Braddvll, Thomas, governor of Fort William; L49. Bradfieid Hall, letter dated at ; 412. Bradford, Earl of (1730), his will ; 349. Bradshaw, Sir Roger, letter to; 186. Braemar, document dated at ; 160. Bragg, hi* regiment at Quebec ; 324, 325. Brailli, Mons. ; 192. Brandenburg, Elector of ; 19. Branthwayte : Mr.; 354. Arthur; 340. Miles, letter of; 319. Brassey, Nathaniel, nominated for Hert- ford"; 352. Brattell, Daniel; 211. 3rattle, justice of the Tower Hamlets ; 810. Brazil, the diamond mines in ; 351. Breadalbane : Earl of (1715), his escape ; 164. his castles taken ; 1 82. clan of ; 194, 195. Breame, Robert, master of a ship j 74. Breckon, Miles, of Whitby ; 359. Breda; 61. treaty of; 155. Bredah, the ship ; 116. Brent, Humphrey ; 213. letters of; 209, 213. letter to ; 212. Brest; 165. Bretland, Hannah, letter of; 250. Brewse, Sir William de ; 1. Brewster, Samuel ; 211. Briancon : the French army at ; 53. advance on ; 56. French re-inforcements near ; 58. Bridgeman : Charles, letter of; 352. Sir Orlando, governor of Barbadoes ; 306. Bridges, William; 211. Bridgewater, Earl of: (1676), warrant signed by ; 44. master of the horse to Prince George, his perquisite ; 204. Bridport, election for; 137. Briel, letter dated at ; 87. Brigge, Gregorie ; 10. Brill; 336, 337; Bristol: 194. letters dated at; 132, 270, 372, 373, 375,379. to be the rebels' place of arms ; 174. Hotwell ; 347. Bishop of (1710), Dr. Robinson, letter of; 129. (1714), Smallridge, letter to; 157. . .letter of; 132. Earl of (1742); 357. Britiffe : Robert, letters of; 330,334, 348, 349, 352, 353. his nephew ; 349. councillor ; 339. Brittany: Duke of (1709); 52. ports of; 196, 197. Brockholes, Mr., of Claughton ; 164. Broglie, Due de (1729), letter of; 121. Broglio, Count de, letter of ; 142. Brograve, Lieut. William, letter of; 397. Brome, letters dated at; 313, 337. Bromley, Mr. or William: secretary, letters of; 220, 221. his place ; 26. Speaker; 143. Brompton on Cape Fear river ; 262. Brooks, Mr., of New Bond Street ; 378. Brookside, Lancaster ; 164. Broussin, M., his wigs : 342. Brown, Browne : Major, letters received from ; 164, 165, 166. at Preston ; 169, 170. Master, arrest of ; 162. Charles; 320. Rev. R., letter of ; 390. Richard, documents signed by ; 26. Robert, letter of; 190. Bruere, George, of Great Marlow ; 145. Bruges, letter dated at ; 157. Brunaud, M., letter of ; 207. Brunswick : letter dated at; 113. Congress at ; 87. Duke of (temp. Jac. I.), his visit to England ; 21. Brussels : letters dated at ; 57, 62, 65, 73, 74, 79, 121, 166, 349. Charles II.'s court at ; 23. Bruyninx, Mons. Hamel, conference with ; 118. Brydges, Mrs., of Duke Street ; 191. Buchanan, James, his case ; 301. Bucke, Mr. ; 10. Buckenham Castle ; 19. Buckholt, Mr., of Prince George's house- hold ; 202. Buckhurst, Lord: (1579); 7. (1596); 9. Thomas (1601), letters of; 12, 13. Buckingham, Duke of : (1622); 21. (1676), sent to the Tower ; 44. set at liberty ; 45. (1714); 220,224. Buckinghamshire : elections in ; 134. Lord (1770), his marriage ; 409, 410. Buckler, John, ship owner ; 98. Buckle}', Samuel ; 350, Buckton, George, letter of; 314. Buckworth, Mr., tutor at Cambridge ; 13- 15. Budworth, Timothy, valuation by; 202. Buenos Ayres ; 66, 72, 85, 128. Buenretiros, treaty made at ; 112. Bugnot, Colonel, proposal by ; 81. INDEX. 421 Bulkeley: Sir David, letter of ; 34 l. Dewey, candidate for Bridport ; 137. Bull: Jasper, letter ofj 862. William, Speaker of Assembly of Smith Carolina ; 267, 268. letter of; 268. 15u11.ii, George, sent to the Tower; 45. Bullock, Colby, Utter to; 397. Bulwick ; L'. r )'>. Bumper -loop : 270. 73unconibc, — , his play Juuius-Brutus ; 244. Burchett, Josiah: secretary to the Admiralty; 59, 115. letter of; 81. Burford, the ship ; '.14, 894. Burgate near Fordingbridge ; 344. Burghley, Lord: documents signed by ; 3, 4. and Lady, bequests to ; 7. Burgos in Spain ; 80. Burgundy, Duke of (1710) ; 65. Burke, Toby ; '200. Burn-Parker, John, consul at Oporto, his pay; 126. Burnet: Bishop, and Lord Wharton, verses on ; 46, 47. 'P., memorial signed by ; 274. William, 'governor of Massachusetts Bay ; 273. memorial on behalf of his chil- dren ; 274. governor of New York ; 296. Barney, Charles, letter of; 395. Buruhain, petition from inhabitants of ; 18. Burrell, Peter ; 137. Burrish, Onslow, secretary at Antwerp, his pay; 126. Barelem, J., letter of; 320. Burton-on-Trent, church of, brief for ; 214. Burtt, Thomas . a non-juror ; 139. letter to; 140. Bury St. Edmunds ; 339. bankers at ; 357. the Angel ; 397. Bushell, Mr. ; 10. Bushy ; 249. Bute," Lord (1757) : 393. (1764); 399,400. Butler : Mr., of Kawcliffe; 164. Lady E. ; 239. J., letter of; 346. Butter factors ; 354. Butts: Mr-., bequest to ; 7. Sir William ; 2. Buxton, letter dated at; 368. Buys : Willem ; 51. Mons., Utters of and to ; 69. Byltt, Mather, pa-tor in Bo-ton, M 280 Byng: Admiral, his house ID lb-it- ; 3lU. Sir George, orders signed by i instructions signed by ; 89. fleet under ; L89. on tli.- Iri-h coast i 160. Robert, governor of Barbados j 265, S06. letter ofj 802. Byron, Richard : 211. c. Cabal, the (1720), designs of ; 104. Cable, Thomas, bell-ringer, petition of; 221. Caderhielm, Mons., a prisoner; 65. Cadiz ; 66, 128, 196. English merchants at ; 349. Cadogan, General William, afterwards Lord ; 49, 68. wounded at Mons ; 57. his aide-de-camp ; 57. the Emperor's praise of; 88. letter of; 166. in command of Dutch troops; 179, 180. his plan of operations ; 181, 183. in Scotland ; 186. at the Tower ; 216. his secretary Pearce ; ib. (1716), letter to; 133. (1722); 138. on the Council ; 192. Col. Dunbar and ; 283. Caesar : Charles; 211. Sir Julius ; 19. Cairnes, Sir Alex., grant in Nova Scotia to; 296. Calais ; 190. Calder, laird of, his men ; 195. Callendar, Earl of (1675), garrison put in his house ; 34. Callicut, on the Malabar coast ; 133. Calthorpe: Sir Christopher, letters of; 25. Sir James, letter of; 35. James, deed by ; 29. letters of; 329, 337. _ Mr., his wife's portion ; 37. Calverley: Sir Walter, letter to : 125. Ellinor, petition of; 214. Calvert : Mr., clerk of the Council ; 38. Sir W. | Cambraj : letter dated at : 114. French camp at : 62. Archbishop of, Fenelon ; 108. 422 INDEX. Cambric, manufacture of ; 114. Cambridge : corporation, members of, discom- moned ; 127. university, vice-chancellor of; 127. persons discommoned by ; 127. address to George I. from ; 133. vice-chancellor, &c, letter of; 341. — — grant of Dr. Moore's library to ; 341. electors of; 353. election for ; 357. election of chancellor; 363. chancellor of ; 367. regius professorship at ; 367. Lord Tcwnshend's prize essay on trade; 382-392. Bennet or Corpus Christi College, be- quest to ; 6. letter dated at ; 3G7. Cuius College ; 397. Christ's College ; 384, 385. Clare Hall ; 385. King's College ; 335. Magdalen College ; 391. Peterhouse; 387, 391. mastership of ; 367. St. John's College; 335, 363, 367, 385. Trinity College ; 367, 384, 385. — — cost of living, &c. at, 1603-1609 ; 13-17. Massachusetts, pastor in ; 280. Richard ; 138, 139. his attorney ; 138. his book keeper ; 139. petition of; 140. Cambridgeshire, election for ; 357. Camerous, the, of Lochiel ; 195. Camina; 148. Campbell : Captain, aide-de-camp ; 386. Lieut.-Col., of Finab ; 164. Colin, -witness; 156. Sir Duncan, of Lochnell ; 164. Francis and A., letter of; 164. Frederick; 362. Lord Frederick ; 405. J., letter of; 159. John; 137. letter of; 166. General John, letter of ; 360. — his expedition in quest of Charles Edward ; 361, 362. Neill, minister of Renfrew ; 178. Campden : letter dated at ; 245. church, inscriptions in ; 245. Lord (1770) ; 407. Canada, the French in ; 807 ef seq. Candles, made from bayes ; 278. Cantellon. Richard, banker ; 157. Canterbury, Archbishop of : (1596) ; 9. (1663), letter of; 25. (1704), Tenison, letter of ; 329. Canterbury, Archbishop of — cont. (1721) Wake, letter of; 108. and M. Valois de Terrefort ; 135, 136. Cantillion, Mr., of Albemarle Street ; 238. Cape Breton, report concerning ; 294. 295. Cape Fair ; 305. Cape Fear ; 258, 262, 264, 2 70. description of ; 262. Carac, sloop taken by the Spaniards ; 148. Carbery, Lord : George; 36. (1675), warrant signed by; 43. Cardigan, Lady ; 241. Cardonnel, Adam; 68, 69, 73, 81, 337. letters of; 79, 128. Cardross, Lord : fined and imprisoned ; 33, 34. his wife's conventicles ; ib. garrison put in his house ; 34. Carew, Sir W.; 172. Carey, Captain ; 65. Carie, Sir Hinerie ; 10. Caris, Mons. H. de, letter of ; 163. Carleton, Colonel, wounded ; 324. Carlisle : governor of; 169. Earl of, Garter given to; 21. (1718), letter of ; 169. (1737), and Lady Irwin's match; 248. Carlscrona, British fleet near ; 98, 99. Carlton, Lord (1720), proposed secretary of state; 106. Carmarthen, Marquis of (1709); 335. Carnarvon, Lady ; 248. Carhon, Moses, letter of ; 129. Cams, Mr., of Halton ; 164. Carnwath, Earl of, the late (1721) ; 343. Carolana ; 254, 256. Carolina : answers to queries about ; 254, 255. North and South, agreement for sale of; 255. governors of, their pay ; 265. Carpenter, General George : wounded at Almenara ; 72. his dragoons; 159,161. court-martials under ; 170. letter of ; 170. his grievances ; 170, 171. slow motion of; 173. ordered to attack the Northumberland rebels; 176, 177. at Preston; 178. Lord, payment on account of; 342, 343. Lord (1730) ; 122. Carr : R., warrant signed by; 43. Col. T., certificate by; 152. Carron, Mr., of the French church at Wapping; 129. Carson, Cornet, killed at Alnienara; 71. Carstaires, Captain, charges against ; 33. INDEX. 428 Carter : Mi., gardener ; 205. John, petitiou of; 145. Carteret, Lord : (1721) ; 108. (1722), letter to; 137. (1780) i L82. in Cornwall! 182. letter of: ib. (1734); 243. ( 1742) : 126. proprietor in Carolina; 255, 257. ■ret, Edward, Postmaster-General, letter of j 192. ' larthagena, French ships near; 77. Cartis, Captain, of the 8t .lame-: 1 I -. < lartwright, — , niece to Lord Townshend; 36. Cams, Thomas ; 168. Mr. ; 346, 348. Dr. Nicholas, libel by ; 14. his wife Aniec ; ib. fined ; ib. Walter; 207. Case : Mr. ; 356, 398. deputy clerk of the peace for Norfolk; 396. Philip, letter to ; 395. Cashe, Mr. ; 10. Cashel, Suire Castle near; 412. Ca-s : John, alderman ; 211. Sir John; 213. Castile; 77. Castle Ashby; 220, 237, 238, 239, 248-254 passim, 313. Castlecomer, Lord (1715), petition signed by; 130. Castle Howard: letter dated at; 190. Lord Carlisle at ; ib. Castle Rising, election for; 340. Catalonia : French army in ; 55. recruits for ; 65, 67. campaign in ; 7'.". army in ; 86. Catawba Indians ; 269. Cathcart, Colonel ; 84. ( iattell, John, master of ship ; 140. Cave, Sir Ralph, letter of; 18. ( 'avendish : Lord (1675), sent to the Tower ; 43. his discharge ; 4 1. Lord James; 137. Cavenham, Suffolk, estate at ; 396. Cayley, William, consul at Faro, his pay ; 120. Cecil: Mr. : 244. Sir Robert, document signed by ; 12. letter of; 7. . Duke of, his powder; 51. Cenis, Mount, passage of Dauu's army over ; 53, 56. Centurion, the slip ; 394. Cevennes, the, expected rising in; 53,54* 71. Chamber, Thomas ; 211. Chamberlain, the Lord ( l.v.i6),his charges against sir F. \V\ ndham ; 1". Chambery, the French army at Chamley, Richard ; 10. ( [handler: Dr. Ed.v., Bishop of Durham ; 125. Richard, commissioner of Customs ; 150. Chandos, Duke of (1720) ; 106. Charie, Mr., of St. James's Street ; 192. Charion, Mons., letters of; 74, 76. Charles, the Royal, ship : 27. Charles, William, parish clerk ; 216. Charles Edward, Prince, expedition in search of ; 361. Charles I., when Prince, his Spanish match; 21. Charles II. : blank commission signed by ; 23. warrant signed by; 27. his bad circumstances ; 155. Charles III. of Spain ; 52. his recognition ; 54. regiment raised by ; 80. Charles VI. , Emperor : letter of; 88. letters of and to ; 107. Charles XII. of Sweden. See Sweden, King of. Charles Town or Charleston ; 260, 263. petition on behalf of inhabitants 266. great fire at ; ib. other losses at ; ib. letter dated at ; 268. fortification of; 271. Charlton, Edward, protest by ; 300. Chartley; 226. Chartreuse, the ; 56. Chatham : English men-of-war at ; 196. Earl of (1770), motion by ; 407. Chattahuchee river ; 269. Chattesworth : Richard ; 168. Chauncey, Mr. : letter to ; 190. Chauncy, Charles : pastor in Boston, Mass. ; 280. Chawortb, Patrick ; 137. Checkley, Samuel : pastor in Boston, Mass.; 2S0. Chelsea : letters dated at ; 207, 210. College, books of ; 349. Horse Ferry at ; 15 7. Hospital, Commissioners of; 210, 212. Chenevix, Dr. Richard : letter of; 404. Cherburgh, taking of; 153. Cherokee Indians; 261, 269. Cheshire, Mr., of Devonshire Square ; 190 Chester : town major of ; 168. Lady ; 23s. 42 ± INDEX. Chesterfield, Earl of, his going to Paris ; 332. < Jhetwen, — ; 229. ("netwynd : Mr., governor of Barbadoes ; 306. John, at Turin, letters of ; 51, 53, 60- 73 passim. letter to; 59. William, of the Admiralty ; 115. Chicheley, Tho., warrant signed by ; 43. Chichester, Bishop of (1709) 335. Chicken, George ; 254. Chicksaw Indians ; 259-262, 269. reports of General Oglethorpe's au- diences with ; 259, 262. Child : Messrs., the bankers ; 364, 365. Mr. ; 369, 393. Chippenham, letters dated at ; 118, 379. Chislehurst rectory ; 406. Chiswiek; 249. letter dated at; 210. Chittey, Mr. ; 73. Chitty, Joseph, Russian merchant, petition of; 146, 147. Chocktaw or Chacktaw Indians ; 261,269. Choisy, Mons. de, letter of ; 108. Chomley, Cholmley : Mr., his marriage ; 224. Hugh, letter to ; 359. Chorley, Charles and Eichard ; 168. Chouet, secretary, letter of; 35. Chronicle, the, libel called ; 44. Churchill : his dragoons ; 178. General Charles, his regiment ; 201, 204. Major William, letter of; 201. debt due to ; 204. Churchman, Mr., under sheriff ; 334. Cintra, letter dated at ; 252. Clanronald : Captain of; 164. Lady; 362. Clare, Viscount, letter of; 408. Claremont ; 400, 401. letters dated at ; 109, 383. Clarendon, Earl of, opinion of; 74. (1734) ; 245. Clarke : governor of New York ; 269. Mr. ; 27. Sir Samuel; 213. Sir Simon, of the Jamaica Council ; 301. Thomas, witness ; 156. Sir Thomas ; 352. Claughton, Lancaster; 164. < lavering, John, of Great Marlow ; 145. Clayton, his regiment ; 166,177. Colonel, governor of Inverness ; 198. wounded at Mons ; 336. Mr.; 346. Jasper, letter of; 116. Clement, Louis, letter to ; 192. Clendwarton township ; 11. Clere, Sir Edward, letters of; 1, 7. Cleve, country of; 19. Clevland, William, left in command n the Baltic; 101, 102. instructions to ; 102. Clifford : George, & Co. ; 107. of Amsterdam ; 342. CJifton, Henry, plaintiff ; 17. Cliftons, Mr;, of Ljtham ; 164. Clignet : Mons., letter of; 65. postmaster at Ley den ; 76. Nicholas, letter of; 55. Clive, Lord (1769), his brother; 406. Club, the October ; 78. Clutterbuck, Thomas, of the Admiralty ; 148. Coach hire, charges for ; 212. Coals : sea, exportation of; 41. price of; 331. Cobbett, Major Robert : sent to the Tower ; 43. his discharge ; 44. Cobham : his dragoons ; 178. Lord (1596) of the Council; 9. (1716; 102. (1722) ; 138. (1734), his house and gardens ; 239, 240. (1739), letter of; 124. F.j letter signed ; 8. Cochrane, Lord ; 33. Cockburn : James, at Turin, letters of; 54-58, 61, 67, 71, 76-78. memorial of ; 150. John, letter of; 64. of the Admiralty ; 115. Cocky, Mark; 107. Coddington, John, statement by ; Coghill, Marmaduke ; 142. Coke : Mr., judgment by ; 9. Sir Edward, quotation from ; upon Littleton ; 236. vice-chamberlain ; 243. Cole : Christian, letters of ; 52, 69. John, wine merchant ; 400. Thomas, scheme by ; 306. Colebrooke, — , merchant ; 52. John, letter of; 191. Colis, Dr. ; 240. Colleton, J. ; 255, 257. Collier, J., letter of; 207. Collington, warrant by ; 34. Collins, John, sheriff of Treworgan ; 208. Colman : his land scheme ; 288, 290. Mr. ; 382. Benjamin, pastor in Boston, Mass. ; 280. Colmenero, Count of, the Duke of Marl- borough and ; 75. Cologne, the Pretender at ; 200. Comet, a, appearance of; 27. Commerce, Tucker's correspondence with Lord Townshend on ; 371-379,382. !32. 125. INDEX. 1.25 Commcrcy, the Pretender at ; ICO, 200. Commonwealth, the, proclamation con- cerning; 23. Como, Signer, letter to ; 121. ( '<>inj>ton : in the Bole, Northanti ; 286. Lord, letters of; 238. his school at Fnlham ; 238-242, 250-25 I. Mr.; 10. Lady Anne, letter of; 238. Lady Betty ; 886. Charles, consul in Portugal, letters of; 217,350, 351. envoy, his pay and allowance ; 126. Mrs. Charles, letter of ; 252. Lady Elizabeth; 309,310, 311, 312, 314. letters of; 241, 242, 247, 248. George, letter of; 358. Col. Hatton, letter of ; 162. Gen. Hatton. letters of and to ; 218. Dr. Henry, Bishop of London, letter of; 129. Lady Jane, letters of; 247, 251, 253. Lady Mary, letter of ; 409. Lady Penelope, letters of; 237, 238, 241, 240, 248. Spencer, petitions and letters to ; 127-131. report by ; 129. Speaker ; 132. oath taken by, as privy coun- cillor ; ib. member for Eye ; 137. Paymaster-General, letter to ; 138. letters addressed to ; 144. his accounts, &c, as treasurer to Prince George of Denmark ; 201-204. treasurer to the Prince of Wales; 205. letters of and to ; 206-208, 329- 336 2^assim, 342-345. Speaker; 207. elected for Sussex ; 344. See Wilmington, Earl of, Viniate; 241, 242. Concannen, Matthew, of Jamaica j 297. Conflans, arm} - at ; 56. ( outbrmity, the bill of ; 25. Coninck, Baron ; 51. Coningiby, Lord (1721), letter of ; 343. Conington, letter dated at ; 403. Connecticut : governor of ; 276. petition from ; 302. Connor, John, a smuggler ; 406. Conolly : Mr.; 408. Miss, her marriage ; 4o9, 4U>. Consett, Thomas, letter of; 348. Constabill, Sir William; 11. Constant, Nicholas, master of ship ; 89. Constantinople, Sir William llus7. 430 INDEX. Eugene, Prince— cont. governor of Brabant ; 88. of Soissons ; 54. Eustace : Mr.; 209. R., letter of ; 192. Evans : General, his regiment in Ireland ; 174. Mr., with Argyll in Scotland, his indisposition ; 182, 184. Mons., letter to ; 191. John, merchant, case of; 130. Captain Thomas, his death ; 144. Eveleigh, Samuel ; 254. Evelyn : James, letter of ; 122. John, commissioner of Customs ; 150. Evesham : mayor of; 239. corporation of ; 249. Examiner, the, its attack on Marlborough ; 78. Exeter, letter dated at; 319. Exton, letter dated at ; 352. Eye, election for ; 137. Eyre: Mr., his son Thomas ; 346, 347. Thomas, letter of; 354. F. Fairfax : Lord, petition to ; 24. Brian, commissioner of Customs ; 150. Fakenham; 318. letter dated at; 321. manor; 19. the flying post at ; 25. festivities at; 410. Falconer, John, sale to ; 255. Falkirk, battle of; 151. Falmouth; 350. Lord (1723) ; 205. Lord Warden of the Stanueries, letter of; 208. (1734) ; 243. Falsham ; 14. Farinelli ; 242, 246. Farmer: Mr., messenger ; 222, 223. or Fermor, Col. John ; 137. Farming : opinions touching ; 374. notes on ; 412, 413. Faro, English consul at, his pay ; 126. Farrington, General ; 49. Farwell, Colonel, deputy governor of the Tower ; 216. Faverges, camp at, letter from ; 56. Feast, Felix; 211. Feilding, Mr. ; 344. Felbrigg, Norfolk ; 330. Fellowes, John, letter of : 129. Felton, T., letter of; 27. Feltwell, letter dated at ; 17. Fenner, Edwd., letter of; 18. Fens, the, corporation of; 362. Fenwicke, John, President of Council of South Carolina; 268. Ferdinand, Prince, his victory ; 318. Ferguson, witness ; 156. Fermor : Mr. and Mrs.; 243. Colonel John ; 137. Thomas; 243. Ferrers : family ; 245. Lord (1734); 245. letters franked by ; 224 et seq. his gout ; 225. Countess, Seliua, letters of; 224, 225, 227. Lady, wife of George Lord Townshend, letters to ; 307-328. Lady Essex and ; 395. Mr., of Walton ; 232. Dame Anne, letters of; 223, 225, 226. Sir Henry; 46, 245. Sir Humfrey, petition of; 46. Fielding, Lady Betty ; 244. Finall; 65. recruits at ; ib. Finbo : Captain ; 95. Major, at Copenhagen ; 101. Finch : Lord Chancellor, warrants signed by; 43-45. Mr., payments to; 37. letter to; 111. Jeremiah, master of ship ; 140. William, letters to ; 112, 113. Finland; 117. Findlater, Earl of: (1714); 220. (1721), letter of; 343. Finlay, Robert, petition signed by ; 130. Fisheries of Newfoundland ; 294, 295. Fishermen, English and French, disputes between ; 102. Fitzherbert, William, letter of; 392. Fitz Warine, Barony of; 41. Fitzwilliam, Richard, governor of the Bahamas ; 300. Flamborough, the ship; 270, 271. Flamstead, John, his observations of the Heavens ; 201. Flanders : Duke of Alva in ; 2. the French in; 53. English consul in, his pay; 126. English troops brought from ; 221. Fleetwood, John, consul at Naples; 340. Fleming : Count, Polish minister ; 70. Tho., letter of ; 1 8. INDEX. 431 Fletcher, James, mayor of Cambridge; 127. Fleury, Cardinal de : letters of; 111, 112, 113. and Lord Chesterfield ; 882. Flood, Mr., of the Irish Parliament ; 402. Florence : English envoy at, his pay and allow- ance ; 126. letters dated at ; :>i et &eq, 66. Flotard, David, proposal and memorial by; 54 Floyd, Mr., letter to; 192. Floyer, Mr., at Tamworth ; 390. Flushing, panic at; 3. Foglioso : letter dated at ; 71. the French at ; 73. Foley, Mr., of Stoake Hall ; 215. Follers, Captain ; 876. Fontainebleau, letters dated at ; 1 10— 1 14. Fontenoy, battle of; 152. Foot, Samuel, of Cornwall ; 208. Forbes : Mr. ; 75. John, letter of; 159. Ford, Mr., a Jacobite ; 160. Fordham, letter dated at ; 404. Fordingbridge ; 344. Forest, the Black ; 87. Forfar, Lord (1715), killed ; 179, 180. Forrester, Lord, wounded at Preston ; 178. Forster : general of the Jacobites ; 168-1 7 1 . Nicholas, mate of a ship ; 149. Thomas, letter to; 163. Fort Edward, camp at ; 307. Fort Frederick, fort at ; 294. Fort St. David, letter dated at ; 354. Fort St. George, governor of; 149. Fort William : governor of; 149. garrison of ; 184. road to Inverness fioin ; 198. Fortescue : J., letter signed; 8. Jo., of the Council ; 12. Foster, Mr. ; 10. Fosterburn, Danish fleet near ; 92. Foulks, Captain ; 369. Fountain, James, letter of; 25. Fouutaine, James, letter to ; 192. Fowke, General, governor of Gibraltar ; 392, 393. Fowle: Dr., his vote ; 353. John, of the Excise Office ; 353. Fowler, Benjamin, of Tower Hill; 215. Fox: Mis., witness ; 156. Sir Stephen, letter of; 210. Thomas, charge against ; 144. Foxen, — , killed at Mons ; ")7. Frampton: justice of the Tower Hamlets ; 2H>. Thomas; 211 213. intended invasion by ; 35. Protestants of; 50. army of, operation- of ; its great distress : ib, destitute state of: 68. help from Genoa to ; 59. and the Biw glirfi succession ; 83. losses incurred by ; ib, negociations by ; 87. fishermen of, their disputes with the English j 102. treaty with, (.pinion in Holland on ; 103; refugee ministers from ; 108. treaty of Spain with ; 1 12. secret treaty between the Emperor and Spain affecting ; 119. aggressions on Hudson's Bay Com- pany by ; 128. her assistance to the Pretender ; 165, 188. her refusal to support the Jacobites -, 174. -uspected of fomenting the rebellion ; 177. ambassador from (1713); 217. and the red Indians ; 260-262. settlements of, in America, dangers from ; 268, 269, 272. her claims in Newfoundland ; 294, 295. her settlements in Louisiana ; 296. privateer of, encounter with ; 338. Queen of (1728), her confinement ; 348. Francia, M., at Calais ; 190. Fran eke, E., letter of; 168. Francklin, Rev. Edward, letter of; 356. Frankendale, siege of; 22. Frankfort ; 76, 336. letters dated at; 157, 159. Lord Peterborough at ; 78. Frankland : Sir Thomas, memorial, &c. of; 148. Captain Thomas, of the Rose ; 304. Fraser -. Captain, at Quebec ; 3i6, 323. Simon, letters of; 407, 408. clan of; 195. Freake, John : libel by; 44. imprisoned ; 44, 45. Freame, Mr. ; 302. Frederica town, Georgia ; 271. Fredricksberg ; 93, 94, 97, 99. Freiburg garrison ; 87. Freind, Sir John, execution of; 35. French, Mrs. ; 245, 381. Friend's Adventure, the ship ; 89. Frieze, Prince of : 80. Frost, Simon, deputy secretary of Massa- chusetts Assembly ; 281. Fulburne ; 386. Fulham: letters dated at ; 129. 218. Guiflibean's school at: 239-242,250- 254. 432 INDEX. Fuller : Mr.; 336. Rose, of the Jamaica Council ; 301. Samuel, letters of ; 329, 334, 339. Fullertou, Mr. ; 22. Furaesse, Mr., elected at Dover; 343. Fury, Mr. : agent at Vienna ; 83. agent for South Carolina ; 270. G. Gudford, Lieut. ; 330. Gage: Viscount, petition of; 136. Col., his regiment ; 168. Gainsborough : Lady; 23S. Earl of (1733), letter of; 352. Gale, William, letter of; 379. Galexin, Prince, his operations on the coast of Finland ; 92. Galicia, troops for ; 196. Galway, Earl of (1707), letters of; 331- 334. Gamble, Mathew, commissioner ; 11. Game, preservation of ; 379. Garboldisham, letters dated at ; 366. Gardiner : Dr. Bernard, letter of; 157. Rev. Stephen, letter of ; 331. Gardner, Captain : of the Two Sisters ; 148. of the guards ; 406. Garlies, Lord (1722), letter to ; 191. Garrard, Sir Samuel ; 211. Garthwaite, Edward, of the Jamaica Coun- cil; 301. Garton, William, grant to ; 8. Gartside, James, his case ; 190. Gascoigne: G. le, letter of; 3. Richard; 168. his last statement ; 186. letters of, &C. ; ib. one; 172. Gascoin's powders ; 251. Gascoyue or Gaskin, condemned for horse stealing; 131. Gatcomb, Mr. ; 290. Gates, Mr., musician ; 242, Gawdy : Sir Bassingbourne; 12. Sir Henry, letters to; 18, 19. Sir Robert, candidate; 21. Sir Roger ; 21. Lady Winifred ; 37. Gay, Mr. : his play ; 42. in Canada ; 309, 319. Geldenlew, Count, Danish fleet under; 95. Gendraut or Genrault, Mons. ; 330, 331. Geneva; 157, 159. letters dated at ; 64, 82. Genevre, Mount ; 56. Genoa ; 337. letters dated at ; 72, 379. ships of, proposed seizure of ; 59. English men-of-war at ; 63, 64. Lord Rochford at ; 64. General Wade at; 77. account of society in ; 379. George I. : letters of and to ; 88, 107. his letter to the Duke of Orleans ; 109. his letters to the Duke of Bourbon ; 114, 115. proclamation of, at the Tower ; 220, 221. at Greenwich ; 222. his coronation ; 222, 225. the Lords Justices and ; 225. address from Cambridge University to; 133. petition to ; ib. George II. : his accession ; 118. letter to; 118. Lord Townshend's correspondence with ; 120. his letter to Louis XV. ; 120, 121. addresses to ; 14. petitions to; 145, 146. his Queen's illness ; 243, 244. George, Prince, of Denmark : accounts, &c. relating to; 200-215. valuation of his effects after death ; 202-2U4. state of his regiment; 201, 204. disputes in his household ; 331. letter to ; 333. George, brigantine, taken by the Spa- niards ; 148. Georgia : charter for ; 258. governor of, General Oglethorpe ; 258. trustees of, letter of; 259. memorial of ; 271. number of its inhabitants ; 267. the Spaniards' attack on ; 270, 271. saw mills in ; 356. Germany, conference about Protestants in; 108. Germersheim ; 87. Gerrard, Sir Gilbert, his daughter Char- lotte ; 136. Gertruydenberg : French ministers at ; 63, 71. letter dated at ; 69. conferences at ; 70. Ghent, letter dated at ; 68. Gibberish language, letters in; 153-156. Gibbons, Mr. ; 334. his pension ; 349. INDEX. 433 Gibraltar : defeace of; ill, 112, 115, 1 1G. proposed restoration of; 119. Commons' address concerning; 14G. chief justice of ; 149. to be given to Spain ; 197. Colonel Clayton at ; 198. camp before, advices from ; l'J'.t. letter dated at ; 392. Gibson ; Mr. ; 809. Thomas, assignments to and bv ; 129, 180. William, letter of; 85. Gilkindic, laird of; 184. Gill, Robert, keeper of the lions ; 216. Gin Act, effects of; 299. Girona, capitulation of; 79. Gironne, siege of, raised ; 79. Gladman, John, letter of ; 26. Glasco, Mr., of Dublin ; 191. Glasgow : provost of, fined and imprisoned ; 32. mayor of; 162. regiments from Ireland at; 166. militia of; 175. Gleane, Sir Peter : letters of; 25, 29. his dispute with Lord Townshend ; 30. Gledhill, Mr., governor of Placentia ; 285. Glen, James, governor of South Carolina, letter of ; 264. Glengary, letter to ; 164. declaration of; ib. Glinister, Mr. ; 357. Gloucester, Duke of (1770) ; 407. Gloucestershire and Dr. Sacheverell ; 64. Glover : Richard, petition on behalf of; 214. Thomas, petition of; 214. Goddard, Mr. ; 77. Godfrey : Mr.; 332. Sherman ; 211. Godolphin : Lord Treasurer ; 49. resignation of; 73. (1707) ; 331,332. letter of (1707) ; 333. letter to ; 130. Lord (1734) ; 243. (1746), letter of; 359. Colonel, letter to; 206. Colonel Sidney, letter of; 206. Sidney, letter of ; 208. Godsalve, Thomas, letter of ; 23. Goertz, Baron, memorial of ; 62. Gohre in Holland, letter dated at ; 103. Gold, seizure of, in Portugal ; 351. Goodfellow, Charles, ship owner ; 90. Goodhall, Mr. ; 352. Goosnargh, Lancaster ; 164. Gordon : Duke of (1725), his followers ; 195. General, in Argyllshire ; 164. U 24953. Gordon— cont. Alexander, clerk of Council of South < larolina : Sir George, of' Kdenglassie ; 187. John, petition of; 187. Patrick, of Dumueath ; 187. sir Robert] 181. Robert ; 208. William, letters of; 159, 349. protest by ; 800. Gore: Brigadier; 340. Ladj : i- B. Mr.'; 246, ;i.".<), 351. his park at Tring ; 240, 247. J., letter of; 125. John; 107. of Tower Hill ; 215. Lady Mary ; 246. her death ; 250, 252. Ralph, of the Irish Council ; 142. Thomas; 137. William, commissioner; 211. Goreum, John ; 211. Gorhambury : document dated at ; 2. Sir N. Bacon's property at ; 4-G passim. gallery at ; 41. Goring, Lord (1734), his wine ; 240. Gortz, Baron, treasurer of Holstein ; 98. Goslingar, S. von ; 51. Gosport, the ship; 63. Gottenberg, Swedish ships at ; 96. Gottorp, Princess of, case of ; 58. Gould, Nathaniel, grant to ; 122. - Gouwan, Mr., English minister at ; 193. Governors, Colonial, salaries of; 265. Gower, Lord : (1709), his death; 336. (1715); 172. (1742), letter to; 150. (1770); 407. Grafton: Duke of, the Duchess of Queensberry and; 42. Lord Lieut, of Ireland ; 142. (1768) ; 405. (1770), his resignation; 407. Duchess of, petition of; 46. E., of Chelsea; 157. Graham: apothecary ; 348. Mr., and Mons. Petkum ; 89. Henry, of Braikness ; 1S7. Mungo, of Gorthie ; ib. Walter, letter of; 190. Grainte, Jhon ; 11. Granby, Marquis of (1766) ; 403, 401 Grant": bis followers; 195. Brigadier, at Edinburgh ; 161. A.., letter of j 159. Grantham, Lord: (1737) ; 248. Set Robinson, Thomas. Granville, George ; 255. Grappe, Ralph ; 168. E E 434- INDEX. Grauntaru, "William; 10. Graves, John, letter of ; 28G. Great Snoring, letters dated at; 307, 300, 316. Greene : Mr., of St. John's Cambridge ; 367. Thomas, mayor of Lynn, letter of ; 27. Greenway, Mr., a Jacobite ; 167. Greenwich : letter dated at ; 3. George I. at ; 222. palace and park keeper of ; 127. Oregon, Robert, petition of his widow ; 146. Gregory: Mr., protest against ; 299, 300. David, professor of astronomy ; 201. Gregson, Mr., attorney ; 138, 139, 141. Grendon Hall, agreements dated at ; 401. Grenelle, Plain of; 81. Grenville, Mr. ; 399. Gresham, Lady, Ann, letter of ; 11. Greshim, Alexander'; 11. Grevyll, Sir Fulke, letter of; 19. Grey, Thomas de, letter of; 340. Griffin, Captain, of the Seahorse; 148. Grimaldi, Mons. ; 107. Grimani, Cardinal, viceroy of Naples ; 55. Grisons, the league of; 88. Grogarine; 16. Groome, Samuel ; 212. Grosvenor, Mr. ; 340. Grove, Robert, registrar of Cambridge University ; 341. Guastalla, Duke of, his daughter's marriage ; 52, 54. Guernsey : letter dated at ; 150. jurats of; 150. Lord (1714); 221. Guiche, Duke de ; 177. story about his guards ; 81. Guillibeau, Nicholas, schoolmaster at Fulham, letters of ; 239-242, 250-254. Guinea coast, Comenda Fort on ; 355. production of cotton, &c. there; ib. Guipuscoa, ports of; 196. Guirand, Madame ; 336. Guiscard, Marquis de, his wounds ; 82. Guist, free warren at ; 366. Gulick, siege of ; 22. Gullman, Mons., letters of; 157, 159. Gulston, Mr., memorial of; 284, 285. (ums, &c., belonging to Prince George, valuation of; 204. Gunthorpe, letter dated at ; 319. Guybon, Sir Francis ; 328. Guy-Dickens, Melchior, envoy, his pay and allowance ; 126. Cjwvn, Francis: secretary at war; 219. letters of; 220,221,222. Gylby,Mr., and the " Sunk " island ; 339. Cole; ib. H. Hackney ; 211. Hackwell, Mr. ; 334. Hadame, Sir John, a prisoner ; 10. Haddock, Admiral ; 356. Hague, the ; 22. Alex. Stanhope at ; 48. Viscount Townshend at ; 48 et seq., 334-340. articles signed at ; 51. letters dated at; 69, 70, 116, 159, 332, 336. treaty at (1703) ; 49. French ambassador at ; 87. farm near ; 232. Hale, Henry, letter of ; 74. Hales : Mr., Protestant commissioner; 58. John, letter of ; 210. Robert, order signed by ; 143. Halifax: Nova Scotia ; 394. George Townshend at ; 307. Captain, of the Richmond ; 149. Lady, a god mother ; 333. Hall : Stephen; 211,213. Thomas, master of ship ; 99. Halton; 164. Hamburgh; 8. letters dated at ; 50 et seq., 80, 81 , 83, 85. diary of affairs of ; 52. the priests at; 55. Hamilton : Duke of; 33. (c. 1750), illness of; 370. Marquis of; 22. Lord Bazil, his son ; 170. James, letter of ; 194. Sackville, letter to ; 406. letter of ; ib. Hamond : governor of Landguard Fort, com- plaint against ; 131. Edmond, letter of; 329. Francis, governor of Landguard Fort; 102. Hampshire : the ship ; 97. New; 273. boundaries of; 276, 278, 287. encroachments by Massachusetts on; 276. governor of, Col. Dunbar ; 278, 279. 294. Hampton Court ; 352, 364. document dated at; 3. co. Hereford ; 343. hart park ; 344. Hanbury, living of; 390. INDEX. 435 Handel; 242. music by ; 895, 896. Hangleton, farm at ; 845. Hanmer, Daniel, letter of; 264. Hannah, the ship ; 89. Hanover : letters dated at ; 79, 109, 110. Elector of, acknowledgment of; 51. and the allies i 61. and the Hildesheim bishopric ; 80. secretary at ; 77. battalions furnished by; 360. Lord Stanhope at ; 106. Hanse Towns, envoy to, his pay and allowance; 1 2G. Harber, Edward; 10. Harbord : Colonel ; 339. John, deputy lieut of Norfolk; 48. Col. John ; 828. , letters of; 337-339. W., letters of; 25. Harcourt : Lord, letters to ; 104. (1712), commissioner ; 211. (1714) ; 220. (1734) and Lady; 243. Lady, accident to ; 243. Simon, clerk of the Crown ; 211. Hardine, Major, recommended by Wade ; 198. Harding, Mr., of St. Martin's Lane ; 340. Hardiuge : Dr. ; 364, 365. Charles, letter of; 368. Hardingham, T., of Norwich ; 368. Hardwicke : Lord (1738), loan by ; 356. (1757); 393. (1764), Charles Townsbend and ; 399, 400. Thomas; 213. Major Thomas ; 213. Hardy : Captain, in Georgia; 271. Sir Thomas, admiral ; 91. Hare : Dr., his marriage; 61. Dr. Francis, letter of ; 74. Sir Ralph ; 328. letter to ; 26. Sir T. : 29. Sir Thomas, letter of ; 364. Hailing, Sir F. Lowell at ; 19. llarnage, Mr., bis election; 335. Harnege, Mr., debt due to ; 204. Harrington, Earl of : (1719); 134. (1780), secretary of state: L20. Harriott, Mr., bailiff 'at Astwell ; 228. Harris : — , Sir R. Townshend's suit with ; 23. Richard, of Tower Hill ; 215. Harrison : Capt, master of ship ; 89. Mr., messenger ; 179. Mrs. ; 352. Harrison — coul. Mi-., lettei to ; 854. ( 'apt. Edward, letter of : ■'. . Edward, governor of the East India < ompanj ; 846. letters of; 848, 849; 850. George, letter of; •'35 7. Harrow ; 241. Sir N. Bacon's land- in : ■"). Highwood Hill near, waters at; 248, 249. Harte, Edward ; 10. Harvey: alderman of Norwich, letter to; 355. General, bis squadron at Almenara 72. Mrs. ; 190. Wiiliam ; 137. Harwich; 79, 179. harbour; 131. mayor of; 131. Harwood, Ralph; 211. Hash-mere, election for ; 137. Ilaslewood, letter dated at ; 405. Hatfield, Herts ; 45. Ilatton: Lord, examination before : 33. warrant by ; 34. bribes received by : 35. Lady; 21. Sir Christopher ; 4. Edward Finch ; 353. Havannah ; 116. expedition against ; 153. Moro Fort, near ; ib. Haversham, Lord (1716); 102. Havre; 200. embargo on ships at ; 174. Hawk, the snow ; 271. Hawkins : Mr. ; 403. John, commissioner : 211. Hawley, Colonel ; 184. Hay: " * Lord; 162. his letter ; ib. (1715), wounded ; 179. Willie; 194. Lord William ; 1 75. Hayne, Christopher, letter of; 129. Hazel wood: Capt. John, of Wapping; 211. of St. Bartholomew : ib. llcaton, Richard, petition of ; 216. Hedges: Sir Charles, letter of; 4?. administrator to Prince George ; 202. Heidelberg, capture of: 22. Heigham, letter dated at ; 25. Heinsius, A. j 51. Helder, John, letter of; 320. Helloughtou, townsmen of: 25. Helvingtou wood ; 329. Helvoetsluys. letter dated at : 337. Hemp, importation of. - Hendry,—, killed: 27. Hcneage, T.. letter signed ; 8. E E 2 436 INDEX. Hepworth, T. ; 254. Herbert : J., of the Council; 12. — , and Bewdley election ; 41. Hereford: return of papists at ; 160. Bishop of (1686) ; 25. 1 1 crefordshire, sheriff of; 343. Herferd, Richard; 10. Heme, Thomas, letter of ; 129. Hertford, election at ; 352. Hertfordshire, Sir N. Eacon's lands in ; 5. Hervey : Lord (1742), letters of; 358. Augustus, letters of ; 369, 379. George, letter of ; 357. Hescoth, Thomas ; 1^7. Hesketh, Cuthbert; 168. Hesketts, Mr., of Goosnargh ; 164. Hesse, battalions furnished by ; 360. Hesse Cassel, Landgrave of; 117, 118. Hethel, letter dated at; 318. Ileveningham : Sir Arthur, high sheriff cf Norfolk ; 12. letters to; 18, 19. Sir Henry, letter to ; 18. Hewett : Mr., of the Tower Hamlets ; 213. letter to ; 212. Hevdon : * Norfolk; 356. Sir Christopher; 2, 10. commissioner; 11. letter to ; ib. and the Aylsham poor ; 41. Sir John, his daughter; 1. William, commission to ; 2. Heygate, William, lease by ; 37. Hide, Captain, his company at the Tower ; 216. Higgins : Benjamin ; 378. Grace, letter of ; 378. Highworth, election for ; 137. High Wycombe; 173. Hildesheim, bishopric of ; 80. Hill : Colonel, his regiment ; 337. Mr. ; 229. Abraham, report by ; 254. commissioner of Trade ; 290. Christopher, bargemaster to Prince George ; 204, 205. John, commissioner of Customs; 150. of Shrewsbury ; 158. Lieut. -Gen. John, letter to ; 219. Hillmorton; 382. Hillsborough, Lord ; 137. Hinchinbrook, Lord (1722), his death: 191. Hinton, letter dated at ; 319. Hobart : Lord (1730), letter of ; 349. (1734); 242. (1743), letter of; 359. Sir John, letter of; 29. Sir Thomas, letters to ; 19. Hodges : Jos., letter of; 129. Sir William, letters of ; 67, 72, 85, 128. his son; 82. alleged debt due to ; 127. Hodgson, Mr., of Leighton ; 164. Ilodshon, Albert; 168. Hodson, Mr.; 291. Hoghland, island of; 91. Hoghstet, battle of; 201. Hogstraten, army at ; 360. Holbein, his paintings of Erasmus ; 345. Ilolden, Samuel, of the Russian Company ; 146, 147. Holderuess, Countess of ; 109. Holditch, Mr. ; 346. Holiday, alderman ; 11. Holland : Spanish ships taken by ; 66, 67, 69, 128. its attitude towards Sweden ; 91, 92. opinion in, on the French treaty ; 103. English ambassadors and envoys to, their pay and allowances ; 126. and the Pretender; 158. troops from, for the Duke of Argyll ; 179, 180, 188. English memorial to ; 188. battalions furnished by ; 360. farm in ; 232. Lord (1764); 399,400. Mrs. ; 146. Sir John, letters of; 25, 28-32, passim. candidate; 21. speeches of; 30. his regiment; 41. J., agreement by ; 127. Sir John, candidate for Norfolk; 329. Sir Thomas; 21. at Quiddenham ; 19. Holley, Lieut.-Col., at Manchester ; 159. Holmes, Admiral, at Quebec ; 324. Holstein; 61, 62. Duke of, and Russia ; 117. Holt, Joseph, of Whitby ; 359. Home, Sir Patrick, of Polworth, impri- soned ; 32, 33. Honeywood, Honywood : — , his regiment ; 1 78. Sir Philip, troop under ; 1 52. Robert; 137. Honingham, estate at ; 353. Hood, Mr., clerk ; 369. Hoop, Archibald, of Rotterdam ; 337. Hooper : John, master of ship ; 89. Reynold, councillor at Barbadoes 302. Hope, Colonel, governor of Bermuda 265. Hopkins : Edward; 137. letter of ; 336. Henry, complaint against ; 18. Hopman, Mr., at Dantzig ; 92. INDEX. 437 II'. pson, Capt. Edward, in the Baltic; 91, 93, 04. instructions to ; 98. letters of; 94, 95. letter to ; 95. Hopton, Richard, of co. Hereford ; 215. Horberry, Dr., of Hanbury ; 890. Hornet sloop ; H)G. Hors. ifl : belonging to Prince George; 809, 203. for racing, &c. ; 368, 369, 392. Honey : Colonel, agent in Carolina ; 257. certificate concerning; to. Richard; 107. Horsley, Thomas, letter of; 158. Horswell, Capt. Richard ; 60. Horton : .Mr., letter to ; 125. Rev. Walter, letters of; 231, 235. Hosier, Admiral, orders to ; 115. letter of; 116. Host, Ja., deputy-lieut. of Norfolk ; 124. Hotham, Sir Charles, his regiment; 198. Houblon, John, letter of; 129. Houghton : Norfolk; 413. letter dated at ; 109. Major ; 328, 336. letter of; 336. Daniel, information by ; 160. Sir Henry, militia under ; 16S. J., agreement bv ; 127. Michael, letter "of; 368. Howard: Mrs.; 142. Edward, of Norfolk ; 1 68. Thomas, his quarrel with Lord Caven- dish ; 43. sent to the Tower ; 44. discharged ; to. Howe : Lord, governor of Bar Dadoes; 265, 306. Lady; 252. Col. or Sir William, at Quebec ; 322, 323, 324. General ; 49. Howick, rebels at ; 160. HozendorfT, Charles, his pay ; 12G. Hudson's Bay : Company, petition of; 128. trade ; 375. Hogetan, M., papers by ; 1 18. Engh, Dr., his case ; 36. Hughes : Lieut.-Col. ; 413. Dr. Owen, Lord Townshend's suit against ; 28. Hull; 99. smuggling at ; 150. deputy governor of; 339. Robert, letter of; 129. Humber, the; 179. " Sunk " island in ; 339. Some : Mr. ; 250, 369. Gustavns ; 142. Hungary : war in ; B0, -J. regiments in ; 87. envoy from ; 125. Queen of, her distreMfoJ state ; 126. I [ungate, — ; 84. HunsdoD, Lord : letter signed l.v (1578) ; 4. (1579;; *7. (1587), hi- expedition to Scotland ; 8. Hunstanton ; 24. Hunt : Dr., of Balliol College, letter to ; 190. Henry ; 211. .1., of Tower Hill ; 215. Hunter, Robert, governor of Jamaica, letter of; 297. Iluntlv, Marquis of : (1715), and the Camerons ; 164. proposals by; 180, 183, 185. Hurdd, Francis ; 150. letter of ; ib. Huske, General John, letter of; 309. Hussey, Sir William, ambassador, claim by his widow ; 130. Hutchison, Mr., proprietor in Carolina : 257. Ilyam : Mr.; 288. Thomas, sale to ; 255. Hynlford, Earl of, envoy, his pay and allowance; 126. Ibbot, Mrs. S., her husband's sermons ; 345. Iberville, Mons. d' ; 83. letter of; 1C2. despatch to; 186. Ickworth, letter dated at ; 357, 358. llketeshall (?), lauds in; 6. India, Bast, I iompany ; 346, 347, 354. petition of; 133. their petition for protection against privateers; 149. Indian Emperor, the play ; 359. Indians, American, Gen. Oglethorpe's audiences with ; 259-262. descriptions of tribes ; 269, 27". Indies, West, Admiral Hosier's expedition to; 115. Inge, William, letter of; 346. Ingham, sheep at ; 5. Ingoldshy, Lawrence, merchant, petition of; 134. 438 INDEX. Inverary, letter dated at ; 360. Inverness : gentlemen of; 195. proposed new fort at ; 197. Castle, proposed lient.-governor of; 198. — — repairing of; 198. road from Fort William to ; 198. Invincible : the galley; 145. the ship : , 394. Ipswich, recorder of ; 136. Ireland : Protestants of, celebration in London by; 130. Council of, report on Wood's half- pence by ; 142. regiments brought from ; 1 74 et seq. projected rebellion in ; 184. parliamentary doings in (1766) ; 402. Lord Townshend's government of ; 407. injuries to trade of; 408. Irmingland, lands, &c. in ; 17. Irving : Major; 396. Judith, letter of; 396. Irwin : Lord (1721), letter of; 106. his dragoons at Weymouth ; 106. (1722), Lady Lechmere and; 190. Lady, her marriage ; 248. Islay, Earl of: (1715); 164. letter of; 157. (1716) Lord Clerk Eegister ; 102. Islington, plague among cows at ; 228. Islip ; 242. Italy : Prussian troops in ; 66, 68. state of opinion in ; 84. Ivrea : plain at ; 57. camp near; 58. Ivy, Captain, of the Prince William ; 148. J. Jackson : Cuthbert; 300. Robert, English Resident at Stock- holm; 84, 90, 92, 99. letter to ; 97. letter of ; 98. his expenses at Stockholm ; 107. Jacobite letters and papers; 153-200. Jacombe, Robert ; 137. Jaffreys, George, Governor Belcher's opinion of; 279. Jamaica : letters dated at ; 297, 299. governor of, Hunter, letter of; 297. ; 300, 301. the Jews in; 301. election of Council at; 301. James I. : his son's marriage ; 20. and the Palatinate ; ib. his entertainment of the Duke of Brunswick; 21. Count Mansfeld's message to ; 22. James II. discharge signed by; 35. coronation of; 30. petition of Parliament to ; 42. " James III." : proclamation by ; 168. See Pretender, the. Jansen, Sir Theodore, payment due to ; 107. transfers by ; ib. Jedburgh; 166. provost of, fined and imprisoned ; 32. Jefferyes, Jefferis : Mr.; 79. James, letters of; 79, 83. William, letter of; 270. Jenkins, Tobias, letter to ; 340. Jenks, Joseph, governor of Rhode Island ; 276. Jennings, Sir John : to succeed Admiral Norris ; 77. instructions signed by ; 89. in pursuit of the Pretender; 185. Jersey : election of jurats ; 124. New, governor of ; 298. letter of; 297. government of, its separation from New York ; 297, 298. Lord and Lady ; 249. Lord (1756), letters of; 390, 391. and Tamworth election ; ib. Jewell, William; 211. Jewels, &c. belonging to Prince George ; 202, 203. Jobber, Lieut., wounded; 71. Jodrell, Paul ; 143, 342. report by ; 342. Johannah, the sloop ; 148. Johns, John, of Lostwithel ; 347. Johnson : justice of the Tower Hamlets; 210. General, in Canada ; 309. Mr., his chocolate ; 381. Lieut. Alexander, letter of; 320. Bastwick, commissioner ; 211. Sir Henry, commissioner ; 211. Sir Nathaniel, grant to ; 258. Robert, letter of; 396. governor of South Carolina ; 258. William, commissioner ; 211. Johnston : Aud., letter of; 299. INDEX. 4:jl) Johnston — con I. Governor Gabriel, of S. Carolina ; 305. letters of; 258, 863, 264. complaint against ; 204. his brother Samuel ; ib. his pay ; 265. Jolles, Jolle, Captain, in the Baltic 5 91. Jones : Mr., of All Souls College, a Jacobite ; L67. Edward, of Shrewsbury ; 158. John, letter of; 321. 'I - ., interpreter; 259, 260. Sir William, letters of ; 25. Jonnes, Elleap ; 10. Jorye, Joseph ; 211. Joye, Charles, payment due to ; 107. K. Kainard, Charles ; 161. Kane, Col. Richard, letter of; 11G. Kaperdish ; 194. Keeling, Captain, of the sloop Thomas ; 148. Keene : Dr., of Peter House, Cambridge j 367. Benjamin, letter to ; 114. Keimar, Mr., at Wells ; 25. Keith : — , witness ; 156. Sir William, representation by ; 297. petition of ; 298. Kelly : Dennis, Jacobite ; 192. Jonathan, of Dartmouth, petition of ; 194. Kemp : Mr., payments to ; 14, 15. John, Henry, and Robert, their lands; 17. Sir Robert, letters of; 25, 29. his election for Norfolk ; 28. Major Thomas; 213. Kendall : Mr. ; 335. John, muster master ; 4i>. Kenmure, Lord, letter to ; 163. Kennedy : his regiment at Quebec ; 324. Captain, at Warsaw, his furlough ; G-'i, 70. Sir Gilbert, mem. on ; 187. Kensington; 49,245. letters dated at; 220, 296. court at ; 143. Prince George's lodgings at ; 202. Palace; 856. Kent : Marquis of (1707), letter of; 331. Kent — cont. Duke of, Lord JtlStii proposed | 1716 I 1- rd 8t« 102. — , a farmer \ 112. the ship ; 116. CeppeL — , governor of Bethune; 73. Ker or Kerr, Colon.]. 161, 199. slow motion of hi- regiment ; 173. Keurakin, Prince, letter to ; 1 13. K'luiiic, Frederick and Rudolph ; 49. Martin Christian ; ib. Kilby, and Governor Belcher; 289,290. Kildrommy lordship, Lord Mar'-, address to; 160. Killigr. u : i Sol., at Lancaster; IT 1 '. Lady, letter of ; 130. F., letter of; 142. Killitruiinan, proposed new fort at; 197. Kilrawack, his clan ; 195. Kimberlev ; 11. Dr. ; 245, 246. Kincardine, Earl of; 33. Kinersleaye, Francis ; 10. King : Chief Justice; 138. Daniel ; 211. Sir Peter ; 106. Rupert, of the Ordnance Office ; 222. William; 211. Kingston : assizes ; 131. Duke of, proposed (1716) master of the horse ; 102. Kinloch, James, clerk of Council of South Carolina; 267. Kinsdale, letter dated at ; 152. Kinselagh, Captain, of the Prince William 148. Kinski; 350. Kiog, Bay of; 100. Kirby : letter dated at ; 406. John; 211. Robert; 211, 213. Kirkland, Mr.; 227, 247. Kirkton, a minister, persecution of; 33. Kitsou, Francis, valuation by; 202. Knight : flag lieutenant ; 339. Robert; 107. Dr. Samuel, letter of; 345. Kuightley, Valentine; 41. Knightsbridge ; 359. Knipe, Sir Randolph, ship owner; 5u. Kuollys, Know lea : Sir Francis, documents signed by ; 3, 4. Sir W. ; 12, 18. letter of; 7. Knyke : * Bay of; 93. (or Ruyck?) ; 94. Knyvett: Elizabeth ; 11. Lady Elizabeth; 37. 440 INDEX. Knyvett — cont. Sir John, his troop of volunteers; 41. Nathaniel ; 11. Sir Philip, abroad ; 19. Thomas, commissioner ; 11. Konigsberg ; 98. Konigseck, Count, his new post ; 124. Kyrbv, justice of the Tower Hamlets ; 210. Kyrke, Robert, grant to ; 8. Lafelt, battle of; 152, 153. La Fontaine, Mr., letter to ; 191. Laid, Jhon ; 10. Lake : Sir John, commissioner ; 21 1 . SirTho.; 19. Lambert : Mr., at Morpeth ; 341. John, letter of; 129. Lancaster : rebel gentry about ; 164. rebel prisoners at ; 170. the ship ; 394. Landen, battle of; 201. Landguard Fort ; 102. governor of; 131. Langdale, Jordan ; 168. Langholme, mutiny at ; 166. Languedoc, Sir J. Norris's descent upon ; 71. Lapie, Madlle. : appeal on behalf of; 127, 129. her petition ; ib. La Porte, Capt., killed at Almenara ; 71. Larche, the French at ; 73. La Roche, Laroch, Mons. : letter of; 199. Mr., of Prince George's household ; 202. Lascelles, his regiment at Quebec ; 323, 324, 325. Lassen, document signed ; 96. La Tour, M., letter to ; 192. Latton, William, consul at Tetuan, his pay; 126. Lauderdale : Duke of, matters relating to his ad- ministration in Scotland ; 30-35. and Duchess of, bribes received by ; 35. Earl of (1654); 40. Laurens, Thomas, letter of; 87. Law : Rev. Dr., of Peterhouse, his corre- spondence with Lord Townshend ; 387-392. Stephen, governor of Bombay ; 149. Lawes, Laws : John, letters of; 57, 62,65, 68, 73, 74, 79. Temple, letter of; 299. protest by ; 300. Lawsonne, Mr. ; 10. Lay, John, Resident at Dunkirk, his pay ; 126. Lay don, Sir Christopher ; 10. Layer's conspiracy, letters connected with; 190-192. Lazaretto, the ; 75, 76. Leach, Mr., usher ; 239. Leake, ReY. Robert, letters of ; 307, 308. Leaster, Francis ; 10. Le Bas, Mrs., letter on behalf of; 128. Le Brune, letter signed ; 191. Lechmere : Lord, Nicholas ; 136. Lady; 190. Le Camus, M., a French officer ; 78. Le Connu, the spy, letters, &c. of ; 193. Lee, Edward ; 211. Leeds, Duke of (1709) ; 335. Leeke, Rev. Robt., letters of; 314, 316, 318. Lees, John: secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland; 152. letter to ; 405. Leeward Islands, governor of ; 115, 306. Lee Warner, — , deputy lieut. of Norfolk ; 124. Legge, Mr. ; 400. Legh, Francis ; 168. Leghorn; 133. forts at; 66. Leheup: Mr.; 291, 296. deputy lieut. of Norfolk ; 124. Isaac, commissioner of Customs ; 150. Peter, receipt by ; 137, 138. Leicester, Earl of (1576) ; 3. (1716); 102. Leighton; 164. Leman: Richard, letter of; 331. Sir William; 211. Lemon : Mr., of Fleet bridge ; 329. Richard, letter to; 329. Lenthall, William, Speaker, petition to ; 24. Lentilo, Mr., Dutch minister; 91. Leominster, Lord and Lady (1734) ; 243. Leonard, Capt. James, information against ; 190. Lepipre, Peter, letter of ; 129. Lerida ; 55, 71. Lesson, island of ; 95. Le Strange, L'Estrange : Mr., his death; 341. his son Roger ; ib. Edward; 48. letter of; 328. Sir Hamon ; 11,2). INDEX. t41 L'Estrange — cont. Sir Hauion, letter of; SI. letter to ; 19. Nicholas, letter of; 24. Sir Nicholas, his wile's portion ; 37. Leverington ; 26. Levinge, Captain, son of Sir Richard ■. 340. Levis : M. ile, in command of the French ; 883,836, BS 7, 328. camp, letters dated at ; 308, 311. Lewes, letter dated at ; 345. Lewe6ton, letter dated at; 226. Lewisham, Lad) : Lord North and ; 245. Lewkener, Sir Edward, his children and estates ; 86, 87. Lexington, Lord (1699), report by ; 254. Leyborn, Mr., of Naleby ; 164. Leyburne, John ; 168. Leyden: letters dated at ; 55, 65. postmaster at ; 76. deputy of; 193. printing at ; ib. Lezan, in Ni sines ; 145. Liane, William ; 11. Libraries, bill for preservation of; 329. Lichfield : letters dated at; 228, 229, 230. cathedral close ; 231, 235. Lord (1734) ; 243. Liege, the Pretender at ; 200. Ligne, Princess de ; 121. I.igonier : Lord (1758); 306. (1770), his expected death; 407. Sir John, his aide-de-camp ; 386. Lille, army at ; 63. Lincoln, Earl of: (1577); 3,4. (1720); 106. Lindsey, Earl of (1676), warrant signed by; 44. Linens, bounty on ; 408, 409. Linlithgow: provost of, fined and imprisoned ; 32. illegal impositions on ; 85. Earl of (1676); 34. Lintz, Lord Peterborough at; 79. Lion, the ship ; 85. Lippe Shaumbourg, Count de la, letter of ; 110. Lisbon; 8, 66, 125. letters dated at ; 333, 334, 350, 351. Charles Compton at; 252. 254. English merchants at ; 349. Lisle, Lord (1622) ; 31. Littleton, Sir Edward ; 10, 232. Liverpool ; 406. Livingstone, ('apt. William ; 270. Livonia; 117. Lluelliu, Richard, letter of; 172. Lobb, — , of St. Peter's College ; 391. Lochaber, the Camerons of; 164. Lock, Mr., of Carawath ; 343. William, letter to; 191. Locke, Thomas ; 8. Lockhart, Mrs., aunt to Lord Forfar ; lbO. Lodge, eo. Lancaster; 164. Loftns, John, valuation by; 204. l.'i (gle, Charles, of the French church at Wapping; 189. London and Westminster: the great tire ; 87. alarm in, on Lord Sunderland's resig- nation; 67. recorder of ; 136. dissenting ministers of ; 108. Gunmakers' Compan\ : 204. Admiralty Office ; 81~, 410,411. Albemarle Street ; 89, 108, 368. . fire in ; 237. Audley Square ; 330, South Audley Street ; 382, 393. Axe Yard, Westminster ; 247. Bedford Row ; 255. Hennct Street, St. JameB's ; 192. Bishopsgate Street ; 125. Bloomsbury Square; 138, 209, 212, 247. Bond Street, fire near ; 238. New Bond Street, Lancaster Court; 378. Bridge; 222. Broad Street, Post Office ; 334. near Poland Street ; 352. Bruton Street ; 409. Carey Street ; 364. Cavendish Square ; 306, 354. Charing Cross, Old Man's Coffee House; 191. Charles Street; 233. the Dial in ; 232, 233. Charterhouse Square ; 405. Yard; 173. Cheapside ; 354. Row Rectory ; 405. Church Street, Soho ; 142. Cockpit; 27, 104, 176, 205, 217, 333, 336, 366, 367, 375. Conduit Street, Clare's Coffee House ; 191. Cornhill, Queen's Head ; 330. Covent Garden, Wills' Coffee House ; 191. opera of ; 242. Craven Street ; 363, 365, 366, 368. Crosby Square ; 368. Devonshire House, Westminster: 166. Devonshire Square, Bishopsnate ; 190. Doctors Commons ; 74. Dover Street ; 237, 246, 248. William's Coffee House ; 346. Drury Lane, Llephant and Castle in ; 163. Duke Street ; 122. St. James's ; 353. Westminster; 191, 192. Essex House ; 11. Exchange Alley ; 191. the Fleet, prisoners in ; 10. Fleet Bridge ; 329. 442 INDEX. London— emit. Fleet Street, Water Lane ; 329. _^_ Wine Office Court; 192. Frith Street, Soho ; 24S. Golden Square ; 242, 244, 248. Gray's Inn ; 22, 368. expenses at; 15, 17. Great Wild Street, Howell's Coffee House ; 192. Grosvenor Square; 310, 311, 319, 378, 404. Grosvenor Street; 20S, 244, 357, 372. ■' Iland-in-Hand " Insurance Office ; 152. Hanover Square ; 191,192,208. Hatton Garden ; 216. Haymarket; 212. the Horse Guards ; 75, 78, 79, 80. the Great Room at ; 138. Eyde Park Hospital ; 378. Jerruvn Street ; 362. King'"s Bench Prison; 139, 140, 141. bequest to prisoners in ; 7. King Street, Covent Garden ; 108. Leicester Fields ; 162, 205. Leicester Square ; 88. Leicester Street ; 356,366,367. Letter Office ; 40. Lincoln's Inn ; 149. Lincoln's Inn Fields ; 192. Lombard Street, the Vine ; 353. Lothbury, Whalebone Court ; 411. Mark Lane ; 192, 392. Monument Yard ; 150. New River Office ; 362. Newgate ; 144, 186, 187. prisoners in ; 10. Norfolk Street ; 191. Northampton House ; 18,19. Ormond Street ; 191. New Ormond Street ; 357. Old Bailey; 144. Old Palace Yard, Westminster ; 25. Pall Mall; 223,231, 356. Panton Street ; 88. Leicester Fields ; 405. Percy Street ; 407, 408. Piccadilly; 108, 212. General Post Office ; 192, 404. Poultry Compter; 145, 146. prisoners in ; 10. Privy Garden; 312, 314. grant of; 122. Queen's Square, Westminster; 333. St. Andrew's, Holborn ; 216. St. James's, letters dated at ; 97, 109,114, 115, 120,132, 145,217, 220-222, 341, 359,405. Church ; 224. Palace ; 45. Place, the Dial House ; 359. Square ; 48, 228, 230, 232, 286, 342, 347. Street ; 328. Dog and Duck in ; 192. St. Katherino's ; 7. London — cont. St. Martin's Lane ; 340. St. PauFs; 217. burial of Sir. Nich. Bacon in ; 4,7. Scotland Yard ; 206. Serjeants' Inn ; 18. Smithfield, rotten oxen burnt in ; 228. Soho Square ; 329. Spring Garden ; 344. Stretton Street, Westminster ; 166. Symond's Inn ; 352. Temple ; 280, 289. Middle Temple ; 44, 292. Tothill Fields, oxen burn in ; 228. Tower, letters dated at ; 1 62, 172. and Tower Hamlets, papers re- lating to ; 209-223. warrants of commitment to ; 43-45. lions in ; 216. office of lion keeping in ; 219. ■ prisoners in ; 10. bell ringing in ; 221. governor of, his pay ; 217. pay, &c. of the garrison; 219. guns, orders for firing; 217-222 passim. Hamlets, list of commissioners for; 210. Militia of; 162,213,221. Hill, petition about planting trees on ; 215. Street, Czar of Muscovy's Head in; 214. Water Lane ; 276. Traitor's Gate ; 215. wharf; 222, 223. Iron Gate stairs ; 209. Treasury Chambers ; 49, 50. Westminster Abbey, Queen Anne's funeral in; 221. Westminster Hall ; 122. Westminster New Chapel ; 157. Weymouth Street ; 412. Whitehall, letters dated at; 19,20, 23, 26, 27, 48, 67, 74, 75, 81, 82, 83, 87, 93, 95, 106-114, 127, 138, 142, 162, 206, 217-224, 354. Gate and Banquetting House ; 122. Wood Street Counter, prisoners in; 10. York House ; 5. Bishop of (1676), warrant signed by; 44. (1712), Compton, letter of; 129. (1714); 224. ■ (1764), dying; 400. Long : Mr., his estate at Cavenham ; 396. Alexander, master of ship ; 89. Sir Robert, appointment of ; 28. Thomas, sheriff of Cornwall ; 207. Marston, lands in ; 37. INDEX. 443 Lonsdale, Lord: (1710); 67, 73, 76, 84. (1711); 340. L'Orrne, M. de, of Orleans, letter to ; 191. Lorraine : the Pretender in ; 177, 333. Englisn agent in ; 158. Prince Charles of; 359. Lostock, co. Lancaster; 161. Lostwithel, inavor of ; 347. Lotteries; 77,79,81, 82, 126, 34o, 370, 371. Loudoun, Earl of: (1714); 220. (1734), grant to; 122. (1742), memorial of ; 151. (1755), his aide-de-camp; 386. Louis XIV.: review by : 62. his French and Swiss Guards ; 81. his death ; 89. Louis XV. : his illness ; 120. letter of George II. to ; 120,121. Louisburg, English forces at ; 308. Louisiana, French settlements in ; 296. Lovat, Lord : petition in favour of ; 173. his good services ; 181, 185. Duke of Argyll's intercession for ; ib. assured of the King's pardon ; 185. charges against ; 196. Love, John, letter of ; 129. Lovell : Lord (1733), Postmaster-General; 352. (1734); 243. Charles, letters of ; 162, 343. Lowell, Sir Francis, at Hailing ; 19. Lowestoft ; 26. balloon near; 412. Lowndes : Isaac; 239,251, 254. letter of; 251. " grant of lands to ; 265, 267, 268. Thomas, letter of ; 354. of Westminster, lands in trust for ; 267, 268. William, letter of; 129. Lowther, Mrs. Jane, her garden at White- hall; 122. Loyal Charles, ship taken by the Spa- niards; 148. Lubeck; 97. Bishop of, memorial of; 58. Lucas: Lord, governor of the Tower; 217. Mr., page to Prince George ; 331. of Shipdham ; 352, 353. Samuel, mayor of Harwich ; 131. Lucca, republic of, Addison's remarks on ; 378. Lucy : George, letter of ; 159. Richard, Lord Shaftesbury and ; 45. Ludlow Castle, the ship ; 63. Ludowick, Counl Luinley : : ( 1715), at Preston; 171. Lad] ; 4 1. Lumnly, candidate fur Sussex; 331. Lumsdon, Lady, garrison put in her house ; 34. Luneville, the Pretender at ; 159. Luson, Mr.; 836. Luttrell, J., and the Tamvorth election-, 101. Lyme, the ship ; 95. Lymington, Lord (1712), letter of j 357. Lynn : letters dated at ; 26, 27, 820. port of; 12, 13. mayor of : 87. mayor, &c. of, claim by; 11. its losses by pirates ; 22, 27. injuries from the Dutch to ; 41. theatrical company from ; 410. Lord (1728), letters to; 348, 353, 354. and Lady ; 35 1 . Samuel, letter of; 219. Lyons ; 55. Lytham; 164. Lyttleton : General Sir Richard, letters of; 306. Sir Thomas, memorial of; 148. M. Macartney : General George : 13S. Sir George ; 405. McCaines, George, affidavit by ; 200. Macclesfield, Earl of (1725), impeachment of; 346. Mncculloh, Mr. ; 263, 264. Macdonald : family, Jacobites ; 172. of Glencoe ; 195. of Glengarie ; ib. of Keppock ; 195. of Klenronald ; ib. Alex., memorandum by ; 164. Flora, her assistance to Prince Charles Edward ; 361 362. Mackenzie : chin of; 195. secretary to Lord Stair ; 70. D r. , of Worcester : 251. George, letters of; 82, 83, 86. Mickinnou, clan of ; 195. Mackintosh : clan of; 195. laird of: 199. 444 INDEX. Maeky, J., letter of; 74. Maclean, clan of; 195. McLean, Sir John, his discovery ; 153. witness ; 156. Macleod, clan of ; 195. Macniell clan, of Rannay ; 195. Macpherson : clan of ; 195. Alexander, ship master ; 301. Maddingley, letter dated at ; 357. Madras, letter dated at ; 353. Madrid; 116. documents dated at; 112, 196. Maen ; 98. Mahon, Port; 77. letter dated at ; 77. Maitland, Captain, a French officer ; 34. Malabar coast; 133. Malaga; 283. Malplaquet, battle of, rejoicings over ; 57. Malt, Act concerning ; 78. Malton : Earl of (1734) ; 244. (1739), letters of; 125. Man, Mr.; 10. Manby, Mrs. J., letters of ; 409. Manchester : letter dated at ; 159. troops at ; ib. dragoons at; 178. Mandell, Captain Nicholas, suit by; 138, 139, 141. Maneres, Francis ; 10. Manesty, Sprig, of Tower Hill ; 215. Manlove, Nathaniel ; 211. Mann : Mr., a tutor ; 24. Horatio, envoy, his pay and allow- ance ; 126. Robert, letters of; 80, 209, 334, 337, 349. Mannheim : siege of ; 22. letter dated at ; 1 10. Manning, Richard, his memorial ; 119. Mannington, letter dated at ; 21. Mansel, Sir Robert ; 22. Mansfeld, Count : in Brabant ; 20. his message to James I. ; 22. Mansfield, Lord (1770) ; 407. Mar, Earl of : (1715), his call to arms ; 160. letters of; 160, 161, 163. instructions by ; 164. English rebels to join ; 174. to be treated as a rebel ; 177. his advance to Auchterarder ; 178. his proposals declined ; 180. reasons for declining terms with ; 183. (1722), letter to; 190. Marais, Mons. des, ambassador ; 35. Marchmont, Lord (1725), letter of ; ] 14. Marescoe, Peter, letter of ; 337. Maresfield, Sussex, petition from; 130. Marie, Mount, taking of ; 20. Mariot, Jan and John ; 1. Murkham, Robert, his falling out with Thomas Cooper ; 8. Marlborough : election for ; 357. the ship, attacked by privateers ; 149. Duke of; 51, 52,63. letter of ; 75. instructions to ; 49. extracts from despatches to and from ; 60. Torcy's comments on; 71. scurrilous attack on ; 78. ■■ at Woodstock ; ib. gone for Holland ; 79. reported death of; 83. drinking his health ; 102. (1709), his victory ; 336. (1715); 183. Countess dowager of, petition of ; 129. Marlow, Great, petition from inhabitants of; 145. Marr, Tom; 341. Marshall : Mr.; 8. Henry; 211. John, letters of ; 247, 248. Marshalsea, the, prisoners in ; 10. Marshland in Norfolk ; 18. Marsone, — , his regiment ; 166. Martha, the ship ; 35. Martin, Martyn : Benjamin, secretary to Georgia trus- tees ; 259, 271. John, letter of ; 219. Jos., ship owner ; 90. Captain Matthew, of the Marl- borough; 149. Thomas ; 137. Martynists, the, the judges and ; 9. Mary and Elizabeth, the ship; 89. Maryburgh, petition of inhabitants for a minister ; 199. Masham, Lady, death of; 244. Mason : Mr., letter to ; 18. coal monger; 331. John and Samuel, of Connecticut, petition of ; 302. Robert, valuation by ; 204. Massachusetts : letters, &c, concerning ; 272. clergy of, memorial of; 279, 280. Massy : Mr., watchmaker ; 233. Hugh, letter of; 412. Capt. John, letter of; 336. Master, Harcourt, of Tower Hill ; 215. Masters, Robert, letter of ; 367. Mather, Samuel, pastor in Boston, Mass.; 280. Matthew, Mr., governor of the Leeward Islands; 306. Mauger, Henry, of Guernsey, letter of; 150. Maul, Mr. ; 194. INDEX. 4*: Maurepas, Count of; 142. Mayence : i- dated at; 75. Elector of; ib. battalions famished by ; 80. Mayes, widow, at the Tower ; 216. Maj nar d Sir \\\, warrants signed by ; 44, 45. Meacham, Mr., of Stratford upon Avon ; Mead : Dr. Richard; 211. Samuel, paper signed by ; 144. Meadow, Philip, report by ; 127. Meadows, Philip: report by ; 254. commissioner of Trade ; 296. Meath, Earl of: (171."), petition signed by ; 130. ( 1724) ; 142. Mechlin ; 2. Mecklenburgh, paper about ; 117. Medici : Cardinal of ; 52. his cap ; ib. Francesco Maria ; 54. Medina Celi, Duke de, imprisoned ; 64, 65. Mediterranean, the: English fleet in, suppressed instruc- tions to ; 59. passes, forgery of ; 350. Medley, Thomas; 11. Medley, the, journal ; 75, 78. Medowes, Sir Thomas, letter of ; 27. Melford, letter dated at ; 29. Mence: Benjamin, mayor of Worcester ; 158. Samuel, of Worcester, information by; 158. Mendes, Ferd., letter of ; 129. Menonists, or Anabaptists, Swiss, emigra- tion of ; 63. Meredyth, General ; 49. Merrett, John ; 289. Merricke, Sir Gillam ; 10. Merry, Captain John ; 211. Merton, letter dated at ; 340. Metcalfe, John ; 211. Methuen : Mr., his relation ; 106. Paul, orders signed by ; 59. Methven, laird of; 182. Methwin, Mr., proposed secretary of state ; 106. Methwold manor: >teward of ; 17. spoiling of; 18. orders concerning ; 19. Mexico, bay of; 269. Mejerfeld, General ; 58. MieklethM ait, Jo. ; 164, 165, 166. Middleton: Earl of, his administration of affairs in Scotland ; 32. Lord (1735); 246. (1756). letter of ; 390. Milan ; 53. letters dated at ; 54. and the Pope : 52. conference at ; 74. Castle, governor of : duchy of; B8. MildenhaM, land- in j »;. Mileham, letter dated at ■. .;j-- Militia, the, Buccess of; 394. Miller, Mrs., instructions to; 101. Milleson, Capt lin ; 336. Mills, Mr., merchant ; 192. Milhvard, Mr. ; 22'.». Milner, Thomas, of WhitM ; Minorca; 116. to be given to Spain ; 197. taking of ; 340. Minors, Thomas, letter of; 353. Mississippi : scheme; 207. description of; 255. river ; 269, 272. Mitcham, letter dated at ; 386. Mitchel, one, charge against ; 34. Mitchell, agent for the Menonists ; 63. Mobile, French settlement of ; 269. Moble, description of; 255. Modena ; 55. Duke of (1723), letter of; 103. Mohican Indians ; 302, 303. Mole, Christopher, secretary of the 1. St India Company ; 149. Molesworth : his dragoons ; 178. Colonel, his regiment ; 144. Mr. ; 84. at Venice ; 340. John, letter of; 76. Molvneux, Mollineux : Lord (1715); 164. Mr.; 137. S., petition signed by ; 130. Samuel, minute by; 207. Sir Samuel, letter of; 341. Monckton : Brigadier, wounded at Quebec ; 3-3, 324, 325, 327. Sir Philip, his seditious letter; 45. R., report by ; 127. Gen. Robert, letter of ; 311. Money, Master, his ascent in a balloon ; 412. Monger, Peter ; 211, 213. Monk, Lord General, proclamation by; 23. Monmouth, Duke of (1676), order signed by; 44. Monroe, Colonel ; 196. Mons, siege of; 57, 336. Monson, Lord : (1740); 302. (1748); 364. Montagu ! cousin to Craggs ; 69. Duke of (1725), letter of ; 345. (1734), grant to: 122. Duchess of, her riches ; 24 5. 446 INDEX. Montagu, Wortley ; 75, 132. Montauban. siege of; 22. Montcalm, M. de, at Quebec ; 323, 324, 325, 327. Monteleone, Marquis of, letter of; 119. Montferrat, the Duke of Savoy's rights in; 80. Montgomery • Earl of; 21. Lieut. -Col., wounded; 71. Sir Eobert ; 256. Montmeillan, French army at; 56. Montmorenci, camp of; 308. Montrose : the Pretender embarked at ; 185. Duke of, memorandum by ; 187. (1716),Lord ClerkRegister ; 102. Moody, James, certificates of; 217. Moor, the ship ; 95. Moor, Moore : Captain, wounded ; 71. Colonel, in the Apalaches settlement ; 270. Dr., his library ; 133. James; 254. Dr. John, his library ; 341. Morals, effect of trade on, arguments concerning ; 386-392. Mordant, General ; 49. Mordaunt, Colonel; 288. Moredike, deputies at ; 61. Morfort, Thomas, declaration by ; 132. Morgan : Mr., secretary to Lord Treasurer (1617); 38. Edward, and Capt Welbe ; 138, 141. Hugh; 7. Morley, George, ship owner ; 90. Morpeth ; 341. Lord (1734), suit by; 245. Morrell, Hugh : letters of; 25. paper by ; 41. Morries, Jhon ; 1 1 . Morris, Lewis, governor of New Jersey, letter of; 297. Morrison, his regiment ; 177. Morrow, Mr.; 194. Morse, John, alderman of Hereford; 160. Mortimer, Major, killed at Mons ; 336. Morton: Earl of; 33. Mr., of Yarmouth ; 363. Joseph ; 254. Morville : Count de, letter to; 142. Mons. de, letter of; 113. Moscow : letter dated at; 61. the court at ; 65. Motte Blaguy, Capt. la ; 334. Moundeford, Sir Edward, letter of; 17. Mount, Richard ; 211. Mounteagle, Lord (1600), imprisoned ; 10. Mountjoy, Lord : (1715), petition signed by ; 130. (1724); 142. Moxon, Joseph; 211. Mulberry trees, planting of ; 263. Mulcaster, Henry ; 211. Mull, Isle of, the Macleans in ; 195. Mullins, Jo. ; 7. Munchhausen, Baron, letter of; 119. Munday, William : petition of; 206. memorials of ; 207. letter to ; 208. letters of; 346. Mundeford, Edm., commissioner ; 11. Munden, — , his regiment at ; 178. Munk, Mr. ; 343. Munro : Robert, letter of ; 159. Sir Robert, memorial of ; 151. clan of; 195. Murray : Brigadier-General James, letters of ; 315. at Quebec ; 323, 324, 325, 327. in Canada ; 310. Lord Charles, a Jacobite ; 170. Lord John ; 198. Thomas; 22. Musgrave : Charles, of the Ordnance Office; 222. Christopher, order signed by ; 221. Musgrove, Mr., complaint against; 209. Music, letter about ; 395. Myckilborn, Sir Edward ; 10. Mynne, Nicholas, letter of ; 7. N. Nairn : election of magistrates at ; 195. Lord (1715), letter of; 172. Naison, Captain, wounded ; 71. Naleby, co. Lancaster ; 164. Namur, the ship : 394. Nancy ; 166. the Pretender at ; 159. Naples: and the Pope ; 52. expected tumult in ; 55. consul at ; 340. Nargan, Sir J. Norris at ; 91, 92. Nassau: Count, killed at Almenara ; 71. House of ; 109. Lady Francis, her marriage ; 248. the ship ; 85. Navarre, troops for ; 196. Navy, the: scheme for relief of widows of officers; 145. papers concerning ; 147,148. INDEX. 147 Naylor, Mr., his writings ; 74. Neiilc, Henry, payment to ; L16. Neuve, F., of Kingland ; 334. Ncdhiiiii, William, of Jamaica j 297. Needwell, Culverwell ; 113. Negus : Francis ; 102. and the Norfolk election ; 889. Neist, Col. at Preston ; 172. Nelson, William ; 1C8. Neptune snow, ship plundered by the Spaniards ; 148. Neth, Mons. L. dn, admiral of Holland; 91. Netherlands, the, news from ; 20. Neufville, Sir Robert; 116. Neustadt; 92. pass of; 87. Neville, Lieut., wounded; 71. Newark, election for ; 137. Newboroiigh, Ann, letters of; 48. Newburn, Carolina, letter dated at ; 264. Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 359. rebels about ; 1 70. coals from ; 12. New castle: Duke of; 145, 257, 258, 273, 332, 393. (1723, &c.), letters of ; 109, 367, 383. letters to; 111, 112, 113, 11G, 259, 367. (1748), Chancellor of Cambridge; 363, 367. (1764), Charles Townshend's letter to; 398. Newfoundland ; 88, 144. report concerning ; 294, 295. claims of France in ; ib. dogs, for otter hunting ; 403. Newman, C, of Norwich ; 368. Newmarket; 49. letters dated at ; 369. Newport, Lord: (1675), warrant signed by ; 43. (1715") ; 232. New Providence, letters dated at ; 300, 304. New Orleans; 269. New River Corupanv, value of shares in ; 362, 368. Newton: near Wisbech ; 26. Dr. Henry, letters of; 52 et scq., 66. presents to, on leaving Koine ; 84. Sir Isaac, commission to; 200. Newtoun, Colonel, his dragoons at Man- chester ; 178. New York : letters dated at; 307. governors of; 269, 296, 297. assembly at ; 276. companies posted at ; 296. Niagara, takin-^of ; 309. Nicholas : Edward ; 137. letters of; 332, 344. Nicholas — cont. Edward, treasurer to Prin of Denmark; 200. William ; 2 13. agent to the Tower, letters oi : 217, 218, 219. certificate by . Nicbolls, Ensign ; 410. Nicholson : Mr., of tbe I Company ; 348. Coloml ; 295. John, warrant signed by ; 45. Nicolotti, the, tie- Doge I ; 84. Nieron, Lieut., wounded ; 71. Nightingale, Mr. ; 162. Nightingall, Mr. ; 172. Nimegnen, letter dated at: 330. Nisbet, Henry, letter of ; 859. Noailles, Duke de, his army in Catalonia : 86. Noble, Edmond ; 2)1,213. Nonsuch, court at ; 7. Norcrosse, Nathaniel, petition of ; 25. Nbrdlingen, letter dated at ; 330. Norfolk : restraint of exportation of grain, &c. from ; 2, 3. justices, letters to; 2.3, 1. letters of and to ; 12. decision by ; 17. petition to ; 18. instructions to : 4S. loan raised in ; 8. flax and hemp sown in ; ih. marshland in, sea walls of; 11. transportation of corn from ; 12. commissioners of sewers ; 12. musters in ; 13. train band of militia in ; 12. musters of militia; 18-20, 26, 40, 329, 397. contribution for the Palatinate in : 20, militia, at Portsmouth ; 315. benevolence levied in ; 19. impressment of seamen in ; 20, 4b. subsidies in ; 23. gentry, petitions of ; 24. effect of civil wars in : ih. gaol, prisoners in ; 25. conventicles in ; 26. vice-admiral of; 27. elections for; 127,329. 339, 353,362. 365. election expenses in ; 80, 396. clerk of the peace ; 336, 349, 396. feeling about Dr. Sacheverell in ; 64. congress : 242. butter factors in; 354. sale of estates in ; 357. Constitution club of ; 364. theatricals in : 410. Norreys, Lady : her sister ; 230. at Oxford; 232. 448 INDEX. Norris, Sir John: his squadron ; 64. at Yaclo ; 66, 67, 68. off Barcelona ; 68. at Languedoc : 71. letter of; 77. Sir John Jennings to relieve ; 77. expected at Vado ; 78. despatches of; 89. cruising from Port Mahon ; 77. in the Baltic, instructions for ; 89, 97, 100. letters of and to; 85, 97-101. number of his ships ; 89. letters on his proceedings ; 90-102. at the Admiralty ; 115. North : Lord (1734), and Lady Lewisbam ; 245. (1770), his government; 407. Sir Kobert, letter of; 7. Northampton : races ; 253. count v hospital ; 368. Earl of (1603), letter to ; 13. (1609), letter of; 18. (1611), Henry; 11. letter of; ib. (1675-77), constable of the Tower, warrants to ; 43-45. (1712, &c), lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, letters and papers of; 209. (1735), letter of; 246. (1742), letter to; 358. (1759), letter of; 313. his case about the Tower Hamlets ; 210. (1673), his regiment; 28. Countess of, Elizabeth Shirley, letters to ; 223 et seq. Jane, letter of ; 237. Northchurch, letter dated at ; 409. rector of ; 104. Northey : C, appeal for ; 321. Sir Edward; 211. William; 211,213. Northumberland : Roman Catholics of ; 169. rebels of; 176. election ; 366, 368. Earl of (1622), at Petworth ; 21. Duke of (1714); 220. Northwick ; 245, 246, 247. letters dated at ; 239, 252. Norton, Mr. ; 345. Norway : ships from, taken ; 84. Sweden's designs on ; 97, 98. Norwich : documents dated at; 10, 12, 13, 26, 29, 48, 151, 321, 331, 382. mayor of; 29. and the charter; 26. corporation, Lord Townsheud and; 28. Norwich — cont. assizes at ; 28. petition from ; 42. address from citizens of; 321. Castle; 48. escape of smugglers from ; 382. King's Head, meeting at ; 329. militia of; 329. freedom of, conferred on Lord Towns- hend; 329. election at ; 339. its suggested trade with the Guinea coast; 355,356. Constitution club ; 368. King's Arms ; ib. ascent of a balloon from ; 412. Bishop of (1662), letter of; 25. Anthony, letter of; 36. (1705), letters of; 330. Trimnell, letters of; 159, 340. (1715), letter to; 166. Nottingham, Earl of : (1601) ; 12. (1703); 153. Nova Scotia ; 283, 294. report concerning ; 295, 296. Nowell, Alex., dean of St. Paul's, docu- ment signed by ; 7. Noyes, John, letter of ; 368. Nuffield, New Hampshire ; 286. Nuthall: Benjamin, letter of ; 320. Thomas, letter of; 368. o. Oatlands, letter dated at ; 4. O'Brien: and the Pretender ; 199. Lieutenant John, killed in Spain ; 144. Mary, petition of; 144. Oczakow ; 57. Ogleby's Homer ; 36. Oglethorpe : General James, governor of Georgia, letters of ; 258. his audiences with the Chick- saws ; 259-262. his bills of exchange ; 272. member for Haslemere ; 137. Sir Theophilus, his regiment ; 201. Okover, — ; 228. Oldershaw, J., agreement signed by ; 401. Olivares, Count d', letter to ; 21. Oliver, Mr. ; 290. O'Niel, Captain, Jacobite prisoner ; 361. Opie, Captain John, at Leghorn ; 133. INDEX. 148 Oporto, English consul ;it, his pay ; 1-6. < )range : Prince of (1572), at Mechlin ; 2. near Gulick ; 22. ( 1077 ), his chamberlain ; 45. the ship ; .T.»4. Princess Of (1734); 241. Orbassano, review at ; 53. Ordnance, Board of, letters of ; 222. Orford, Earl of : (1709), E. Russell, orders signed by ; 59. (1720); 106. letter of; us. declines commissionership of the Admiralty ; ib. (1752) Walpole, letter of ; 379. (175S) ; 306. (1785), letter of; 412. (1791), letter of ; 413. Organ, Barrel, the, Barney's letter about ; 395. Orkney : Earl of (1715); 170. (1727), governor of Edinburgh Castle; 198. bishopric of ; 187. Orleans: rue des Mi mines ; 191. Duke of (1715), his daughter; 165. (1723), letter of Geo. 1. to; 109. and the Jacobites ; 174. his death ; 344. Ornie, Mrs. Robert, or Audrey, letter of; 406. Ornies, — , his congregation ; 139. ( nmonde, Duke of : (1676), warrants signed by ; 44, 45. (1713), commander-in-chief, letters of; 217. (1714) ; 220. (1715), his flight; 158. his leaving Paris; 163. (1726), expedition to be commanded by; 196. his designs in Scotland ; 165. Korster and ; 171. his escape ; ib. and the Duke of Orleans; 174. letter to; 218. i Irogna, ship building at ; 196. | I'Borke, Mr., Jacobite ; 200. Orrery, Lord : (1711); 79. (1716) ; 102. Orrme, William -. 11. Osbaldiston, Alexander; 168. Osborne, Sir William, of the Irish Parlia- ment ; 402. t tenaburg: court at ; 100. letter dated at; 118. Ossois, Marshal Daun al ; 54. Ossulstone, Lord (1748) ; 366, 368. Ossuna, Duke d', his flight ; 64. U 24953. ( Ktend: letters dated al ; 7 4, 168. traders to East Indies from; 138. Pretender's ships al ; 159. men to be embarked at ; i;m;, 197. Otley, Mr., of Bury St. Edmund*, letter to"; 897. Otter hounds ; 402, 408. Ouohterlony, George; 342. Oughton, Colonel Adolphus : letter of ; 157. letter to ; 159. Oulx, letter dated at ; f3. Ovington, letter dated at: 27. Owen, Massej ; 212. Oxenden, Sir George, charge against ; L'43. Oxford; letter dated at ; 157. recruiting at ; 157. coach journey to ; 232. election at ; 233. sword blades &C, found in ; 166, 167. Jacobite tumults in ; 166. robberies near ; 167. All Souls' College; 167. Balliol College; 190. Cat Street; 166. Wadham College ; 166. theatre in ; 233. Cross Inn ; 250. road; 242. Bishop of (1715) ; 166. Earl of (1712), llarley, commis- sioner; 211. (1713), letter to; 218. (1715), his tad turn to Boling- broke; 157. (1715), his answer to the Jacobite ; 160. (1734); 244. P. Padua ; 73. letter dated at ; 75. Paget, Mr., his courtship ; 228, 230. Paine : Sir Joseph, letters of; 25. Tobias, mayor of Oxford; 166. Painter, — , search for ; 163. Palatinate, the : contributions for recovery of ; 30. great distress of; il>. Palatine, the Elector, preparations against 19. Palliser, Commodore; 403. Palmer, Catherine ; 41. F F 450 INDEX. Palmes : Colonel, at Blenheim, made Briga- dier ; 330. General; 49. General Francis, at Milan ; 53. letters of ; 54, 56. at Vienna, letters of; 61, 74, 80. Guy, teller of the Exchequer, assign- ment by ; 129. William, father of Guy ; 130. Palmquist, envoy ; 62. Panseeola, description of; 255. Papillon, Mr. ; 36. Paris: news letters from ; 81, 157, 163. letters dated at; 109-114, 120, 121, 193, 332, 342, 344, 348. rue Christine ; 191. rue Dauphin ; 190. rue Montmartre ; 192. rue de St. Pierre; 191. Paris, Mr., letter to ; 302. Parker : elected for Sussex ; 331. Eliz., of Lynn ; 356. Sir Harry ; 245. Robert, his letter about the Guinea coast; 355, 356. Thomas, letter of ; 340. William, of Hackney ; 211. Mrs., her marriage ; 227. Parkins, Sir William, execution of; 35. Parliament : elections to ; 80. appointment of clerks in ; 143. of 1708, opinions about ; 334. election of Speaker ; 344. meeting of, Lord Townshend's views on; 373. Parmell, John, a prisoner ; 11. Parnell, John, judge in Ireland ; 192. Parr, — ; 21. Parratt, William; 10. Parris, Alexander ; 254. Parry, Sir Thomas, letter of; 19. Parson's Green ; 252. Parsons : Humphrey ; 211. Sir John; 211. Mr., of Charterhouse Yard ; 173. Partridge, Richard: of Water Lane, brother of Governor Belcher; 280. letter of; 276. letters to ; 288, 290. Passage, in Biscay ; 66. Paston, William; 1. Patchy Wood; 329. Paterson : Lieut., wounded ; 71. Hugh, at Boulogne ; 193. John, letter of; 190. Paul, Robert, report of; 150. Paulet, Lady Nassau ; 239. Pauncefort, Mr., his memorial on Guy Palmes ; 129. Payne, Mr., clerk of the peace for Norfolk. death of; 335, 336. Paz, a Jew, absconding of; 350. Peach, candidate for Sussex ; 331. Peake, Daniel, master of ship ; 392. Pearks, Benjamin, alderman of Worcester; 158. Pelham : Henry; 363. his letter about Thos. Robinson ; 123. and Charles Townshend ; 365, 366, 367. letter to ; 370. James ; 137. letters of ; 67, 69,337. answer to ; 68. Jemmy, certificate for ; 74. Thomas, commissioner of Trade ; 296. letter of; 330. Pels, Andrew, and Company ; 107. •Pemaquid, fort at ; 294. Pembroke, Earl of: (1720) ; 106. (1734) ; 243. (1737), dragoons under ; 151. (1769), his regiment; 406. and Montgomery (1677), charged with blasphemy ; 45. Pendarves, William, letter of ; 206. Pendar vis, Alexander ; 211. Pendlebury, Colonel ; 218. at the* Tower; 215, 216. Penn: Thomas, letter of; 302. WiUiam, letter of; 63. Pennsylvania : Menonist emigrants to ; 63. governor of; 298. Penzance, sessions at ; 206. Pepper : Colonel, at Oxford; 167. General, at Almenara ; 72. Perce : Sir Charles; 10. Sir John; 10. Percival : Lord (1730), petition of; 258. Rev. K., letter of ; 407. William ; ib. Samuel, of Tower Hill ; 215. Mr.; 13, 308. Percy : Lord (1768) ; 405. Francis, alderman of Cambridge ; 127. Perkins : Mr., fellow of St. John's, Cambridge ; 336. Richard, master of a ship ; 85. Robert, petition of; 46. Pero, Isaac, letter to ; 148. Perouse, Valley of, Protestants in ; 52. Perth : letters dated at ; 163. the Jacobites about ; 161, 166, 174. rebels about ; 180, 181, 184, 185. proposed road to ; 198. Amboy, New Jersey ; 298. INDEX. 451 Peryra, Mr. ; 76. Peter the Great: envoy from ; 88. his letter to Geo. I. ; 88. Peterborough: races ; 369. Earl of (1 076), warrant signed by; 14. (1711), letters of; 78, 79, 80, 87. his lilis-ioll ; .^2. (1728), letter to ; 119. letter of; 180. Petkum, Mons. : his proposals ; 58, 59. letters of; 61, 88, 89. Pettecuni, M. de, secret advice by ; 164. lVtikrew, Mr. ; 392. Pettus, Sir John, letter of ; 20. Pet worth; 31. Peyton, Sir Thomas ; 409. Pheasant, the ship, plundered by the Spaniards ; 149. Phenuey, George, surveyor -general of Customs in America; 264. Philadelphia, letter dated at; 302. Philarchus, letter of; 156. Philip II. of Spain; 2. Philip IV. of Spaiu, letter of; 21. Phillips : Captain ; 320. Lady; 131. Benjamin, alderman of Hereford ; 160. Francis, valuation by ; 204. Samuel, of Cornwall ; 207. Phillipse, Adolph, Speaker of New York Assembly; 276. Philotheus, Jacobite letter to i 155. Philpott, Nicholas; 137. Phipps : Sir Constantine ; 191. William, letter to; 191. Phoenix, the ship ; 14. Pickarden, Thomas, master of ship ; 89. Piedmont : Germans in ; 52. day of thanksgiving in ; 56. Marshal Dann in ; 7'-'. Pigott, Chidly, letter of; 89. Pilgrim, letter dated at ; 302. Pinhero, loan negotiated by ; 350. Pinner park ; 5. Pipe : S., agreement signed by ; 401. Piper, Count, a prisoner ; 65. Piracy, suppression of ; 20. Pirates : Bhips taken by ; 22. injuries done by; 27. Pitfield, Alexander; 211. Pitt : — . his regiment : 1 78. Governor, letters to ; 139. Mr., of Newmarket ; 369. Mrs., her marriage ; 22 I. William, the elder; 315. Pitt— ami. William, letter to; 324. speech of; 387. letter Of; 898. ( 170 1 ) j :!'.»'•, 400. Chas. Townshend'i opinion of; 400. Placentia: governor of; 285. French claim on ; 295. Plague among cows ; 228. Platel, Pierre, valuation by; 202. Platen, Countess of, her daughter's mar- riage; 110. Playter, Captain ; 1 18, Plesington, Mr., of Dimples ; L64. Plessen, Mons.; 160. Plowdcn, Mr., his daughter; 252. Plym Stock, the ship; 89. Plymouth : letter dated at ; 320. haven ; 8. Pocock, Admiral ; 397. Points, payments for; 13, 10. Pointz, Mr. ; 303. Poland : King Augustus and ; 53. affairs of; 70. the succession in ; 105. Protestants of; 109. envoy to England from ; 117. English envoy to, his pay and allow- ance ; 120. Poley, Richard, letter of; 110. Polignac, Abbe de ; 01. letters of and to ; 09. Pollexfen, John : report by ; 254. commissioner of Trade ; 290. Polwarth, Lord (1710) ; 102. Pomerania, the Swedes in ; 02, 92. Pomfret, Lady ; 243. Pont la Vacbette ; 50. Poole, Richard, alderman of Hereford ; 100. Pope, the: (1709;), difficulties of ; 52. his bad health ; 54, 55. Pope, wardrobe keeper ; 209. Popham, Jo., of the Council ; 12. Popple : Mr., governor of Bermuda ; 265. W illiam, certificate by ; 127. letter of; 296. Poxreel, P., letter of; 129. Portella, camp at; 68. Porter, James, commis-arv at Vienna, his pay; 120. Portland: Earl of (1715), letter of; 342. Duke of (1720); 115. (172S), letter to; 297 (1734), grant to ; 122. Port Mahon ; 138, 141. ships 6unk near : 111'. governor of; 122. Porto-bello : attach "ii : 801. fair at; 350, 351. F F 2 452 INDEX. Portsmouth; 397. letters dated at ; 116, 369. affidavit made at ; 200. barracks; 315. the ship ; 60. Portugal, affairs of ; 78. English envoy to, his pay and allow- ance; 126. alleged debt owing by, 127. King of, Fred. Augustus ; 49. seizure of gold and diamonds by; 351. Potter, Rev. Robert, letter of; 382. PottS : John, letter of; 21. Sir R., letters of ; 25. Sir Roger ; 328. Poulett, Karl (1714); 221. (1759), letter of; 319. Poulteny, Daniel ; 137. See Pulteney. Powdick, John, letter of; 404. Powell ; Mr.; 207. Rev. Mr., letter to ; 389, 390. Henry, letter of; 346. Rev. William Samuel, letter of; 363. Powis, Duke of (1715), taken up ; 160. Foynter, Captain; 299. I'oyntz : Stephen, at the Hague, letters of; 58-64, 70, 344. letters to; 110, 111. Mr., at Paris and Soissons ; 120. Prade, Mrs.; 241. Prats del Roy, in Spain ; 144. Pratt, Chief Justice ; 138. Prestland : Mr.; 61. William, letter of; 341. Preston : letters dated at; 169, 170. election for ; 137. rebel gentry about ; 164. signatures of loyalists dated at ; 168. battle of, account of; 178. lieut. -governor of Edinburgh Castle ; 174, 198. — , his regiment ; 178. and the Korfolk election ; 339. Lady ; 241. Sir James, burial of; 334. Thomas; 211,213. Pretender, the ; 88. at Venice; 119. Bolicgbroke and ; 157. movements in favour of ; 158, 163. at Bar le Due; 158, 159. his pretended mother; 159. his designs ; 164, 165. his proclamation ; 168. his movements in France ; 177. reported to be in Scotland ; 181-184. projects on behalf of (1"26) ; 196. movements of; 199,200. in Lorraine ; 333. the Young, Prince Charles Edward, General Campbell's expedition after; 361. Preveran, Daniel, letter of; 114. Price : Baron, commissioner ; 211. Charles, of Jamaica ; 297. Matthew, letter of ; 157. Robert, baron cf the Exchequer ; 210. Uvedale; 211. Prices, illustrations of; 13-17, 94, 202- 204. Prideaux, General, killed ; 309. Primrose, Sir Archibald, Lord Register of Scotland ; 33. Prince, Thomas, pastor in Boston, Mass. ; 280. Pringle, Robert ; 337. Prioleau, Samuel ; 254. Prior, Matthew, fees for arresting ; 342. Privateers, the East India Company's losses from ; 149. Prosperity, the ship ; 99. Protestants, oppressed ; 58. Prussia : troops of, in Italy, agreement concer»- ing ; 66. strength of armv ; 119. King of (1710); 60. • his illness ; 73. his son a keen whig ; ib. his complaint against the States General ; 86. (1715) ; 91. (1734), reported death of; 241. Prince Rojal of; 80. Pitchier or Puckler, Mr ; 98. letter of ; ib. Pudner, Captain, of the Severn ; 85. Puerto Rica; 148, 149. Pultenej - : Mr.; 170. Daniel, letters of; 58, 60, 67, 68, 79, 81, 82, 84. memorial of ; 65. reflections by ; 68. commissioner of Trade ; 296. J., report by ; 127. William, secretary at war, letters of; 222. Purbeck, Lord (1677), sent to the Tower; 45. Purcell, Mrs. Margaret ; 205. Pye, Lady ; 230. Pyrmont; 116. letter dated at; 110. Q Quakers, the, and Carolina ; 255, 256. Qualification Bill, passed by the Lords 79. LNDEX. 453 Quarantine, observations on ; 107. Quebec; 269. siege of, papers relating to ; 300 ti seq. Queensberry : Duke of (1711), letters of; 79, 81. (1704), papers by ; 153. Dtichess of, num. by ; 41, 42. Qaesne, Mons. de, letter of j 64. Quiddenham, Sir T. Holland at ; L9. letters dated at ; 28. Quin, James, letter of; 'i'.'2. R. Rabley, letters dated at; 316, 318. Raby, Lord (1709) ; 58. at Hanover ; 77. letters of ; 80-85. his regiment in Spain ; 80. his departure from Berlin ; 81, 85. Kadburne, John, letter of ; 129. Radford, John, sent to the Tower ; 44. Radnor, Earl of (1714) ; 221. Ragotzy, Prince, and the Emperor ; 80. Rainsford, Mr. Justice, opinion by ; 27. Ramos, Diego, declaration by ; 116. Ramsay, M. de, commandant of Quebec ; 324. Ramsey, Mr., his mission to James I. ; 22. Ranelagh : the ship ; 77, 85. Earl of, Paymaster- General ; 217. Lord and Lady ; 244. Rantzau, document signed ; 90. Ratisbon; 80. document dated at ; 119. diet at, Protestant ministers at; 57, 59. Evangelical conference at ; 108. Ravanel, Captaiu, wounded j 71. Raweliffe; 164. Rawlins, Mr. : 240. Raylev, William, chamberlain of Normcb ; •329" Raymond, Sir Robert ; 211. paper signed by -, 144. Raynham or Rainham Hall, Norfolk ; 27, 58, 87, 330, 331, 340, 356, 364-370, 376,397, 402, 406. ESaSt, Liulgreves in; 37. Martin, townsmen of ; 25. Re, Claudio Francesco, letter of ; 121. Rea, Lord, his clan ; 195. Reade : Robert, letter of ; 25. William, consul at Tripoli, his pay ; 126. Reading ; 212. Redall, Peter, a ] ifioner ; 11. Redbui 11 ; 5. Redgrave ; 6. Reed, Sir Thomas ; I '■ Reede, Baron L. it \ 51. de Renswoode, Baron V. de ; ib. Reeve, Richard, merchant, petition of; 1:54. Rehbinder, General : sent to Briancon ; 53. his advance towards Briancon; 56. reinforced; 58. Renard, Mr., his letter on South Sea affairs ; 107. Renfrew, minister of; 178. Retford, East, election for; 137. Revel, -hips under Sir J. Norris at; 91, 93. Reymerston, letter dated at ; ■'!>-•_'. Reynold, Sir Jame- Chief Baron ; 264. Rhine, the, operations ou ; 19. Rhode Island : governor of; 276. government of ; 293. commissioners of ; 303,304. Rhone, the : French troops ou ; 56. overflow of ; 83. Rice, Secretary ; 305. Richards, Gen. Michael, of the Ordnance ; 223. Richardson, Lord (1661), letter of; 25. Richelieu : Lady; 69. Duke de, letter of; 113. Richmond : Surrey, court at ; B, 12. House ; 205. old park ; 346. Duke of (1734), grant to ; 122. Alex., letters of; 190, 191. the ship, captured by the Spaniards ; 149. Riga: siege of ; 65, 70. protection of trade at; 91, 92. the ship; 138, 140. Rindge, Mr., recommendtd for Council of New Hampshire ; 280. Ripperda, Duke of, project laid before ; 196. Riva, Mons., letter to; 109. Rivers, Earl : (1712), governor of the Tower; 210. (1712), master of the Ordnance; 211. Robartes, Jhon, a prisoner ; 11. Roberts : Mr., consul at Elsinore ; 87. ' Francis, commission to ; 200. Robinson : Dr., dean of Windsor ; 335. or Robertson, Alex., of StTOwaJD ; 198. i apt. George ; 401. Dr. John, Bishop of Bristol, letters of; 127, 129. Sir John, deputy constable of the Tower; 46. 454 INDEX. Robinson — cont. John, letters of ; 50 et stet at Libert; ; 45. Lady, her son j 248, 344. - at Bushy ; 24 u. the ship ; 157. Sallesberie, Captain, slain; 11. Salt trade ; 311. Salter, K., letter of; 126. Salterton, Mr., postmaster 40. Salviati, Abbe, nuncio in Paris ; 52. Sandall, Thomas ; 11. Sanderson: Captain, his ship : 79. Lady Mary ; 244. Sandfield, Captain Haver ; 133. Sandroski, Comte de, letter to ; 115. Sandwich, Earl of (1771), letters of: 410, 411. Sandy, co. Bedford, letter dated at ; 396. Sandys: Lord (1764), his pension ; 400. Mr. ; 239. Mrs. ; 249. Santee river ; 256. Saragossa, victory near ; 74. Sardinia: Spain's designs on ; 87. King of (1729), letter to; 121. Sargeaunt, Thomas ; 211. Sarsfield, Mons., ships under; 133. Saunders : Sir Charles, admiral, letters of; 308, 310. articles of Quebec signed by ; 324. Saundes, Lord (1600), imprisoned; 10. Savana river ; 256, 269. Savannah, in Georgia ; 259, 260. Savile, Sir George, letter of; 410. Savoy : English army in ; 57. Duke of (1709), and the allies; 51, 55, 56, 65, 67, Gs. 74. treaty with; 52. his designs ; 53. hi- treaty ; 54. his difference with the Emperor ; 54. his rights in Montferrat ; 80. Saxlingham House ; 7. Saxony, Elector of, Fred. Augustus, letter of: 49. Scarborough; 249, 253j Charles Townshend at; 259, 363, 364. Lord (,1715) ; 341. (1734), and Ireland ; 213. (1737). illness of; 249. Scarf, a, [>.<•., a chaplaincy] application for; 394. Scarisbrick, Robert ; 168. Schaok, Baron, Pats?:', a envoy; 88. 450 INDEX. Schaub, Chevalier; 109. Schenckiugh, B. ; 254. Schlestadt, M., letter to; 68. Schestedt, M. : Danish Secretary of State ; 99, 101. letter to; 100. Schleunitz, — , letter of ; 113. Schmettau, Baron de, Prussian ambassa- dor ; 66. Sehomberg : Capt. Alexander, his desire to com- mand the Dorset yacht ; 410, 411. letters of; 410, 412. Solomon, letter of ; 411. Schonen : the Swedish army in ; 57. province, the Danes in ; 71. intended Danish descent upon ; 97- 100. Schonborn, Count, paper by ; 53. Schulenberg, General, in the valley d'Aoust ; 55. Schutz : Baron, letter of; 48. scheme by ; ib. Colonel; 244. Mons., letters of; 49, 50. Scipio, the ship ; 301. Scotland : Lord Hunsdon's expedition into ; 8. Lauderdale's administration of affairs in ; 30-35. conventicles in ; 33, 34. levies for France in ; 34. General Assembly of the Church of, address of; 144. conspiracy in (1703), papers con- cerning; 153, 156. the rebellion in (1715) ; 160 et seq. arrangements for landing, &c. of the Pretender in ; 165. rebels in, Duke of Argyll's operations against; 173-186. the Pretender's reported landing in ; 181-185. memorials concerning ; 194. the Highlanders, proposals about ; 194, 195. Gen. Wade's scheme for securing the Highlands; 197-199. General Campbell's search for Charles Edward ; 361, 362. Scott: Captain, of the Komney ; 81. Campbell, death of ; 403. Ja., of Norwich ; 368. James, of Berlin ; 109. Lady Jane, her threatened malady ; 395. Jonathan, of Shrewsbury ; 158. Scotti, Marquis ; 107. Scottowe : Capt., his son's vote ; 353. Mr., letter to ; 354. Scroop, Baron ; 288. Seagoe, Sampson : petition of; 131. information by ; ib. Seahorse, the ship ; 148. Seamen, impressment of; 20, 27, 48. Seaton, — , search for ; 157. Seckman, document signed ; 96. Seine, the river, overflow of ; 81, 83. Selkirk, rebels at; 16G. Selwyn: Mr. ; 369. George; 368. Sempill, Lord (1745), his regiment ; 151. Seneca Indians ; 269. Seranno, Autoine, at Havannah ; 116. Seton's logic ; 13. Setter, Capt. David, of the Portsmouth : 60. Severn, the ship ; 85. Seville ; 121. Seymour, Edw., Speaker, warrants of; 43, 44. Shadwell; 345. Shaffirotf', Baron Peter von ; 147. Shaftesbury: election for ; 137. Earl of (1676), sent to tha Tower; 43. visitors to ; 45. (1759), letter of; 319. Shales: Charles, death of ; 353. Mary, his daughter Sharp, Sharpe : Mr.; 301. J., his bill ; 288. John, letters of; 368, 369. letter to ; 367. W., clerk of the Council William; 264. Shaw : Capt. Daniel, letter of ; 152. his services ; 152, 153. John, valuation by ; 204. Sheerness ; 97. Sheffield, Lord, his pamphlet (1791) ; 413. Shelburn, Earl of, Henry ; 36. Sheldon : Colonel; 168. Mrs. ; 252. Shelton: Mr., secretary in Carolina; 257. Ralph; 2. Shepheard, Philip; 211. Sherburne, Col. Henry, in New Hamp- shire; 279. Sheriffmuir, Lochiel at ; 1 64. Sheringham, Norfolk, pier at ; 9. Sherley, Sir Thomas, house sold by ; 21. Sherlock, Eev. Thomas, vice chancellor of Cambridge; 341. Sherrard, Bennet, assignment to ; 130. Sherwin, Mr., a Jacobite ; 167. Shipdham: court rolls of; 348. letter dated at; 397. Ship worth, Mrs.; 241. Shirley: family ; 245. governor of Massachusetts, letter of ; 292. 354. 146. INDEX. 457 234. 211. Shirley— cont. and Bollan ; 304. Captain, and the Dorset yacht ; 410 412. Lady Anna B., letter of; 230. Lady Barbara; 221, 232. , letters of; 888, 889, 237. Elizabeth, afterwards Countess of Northampton, letters to; 223 et U ([. George, letter of; 401. Henry, letter of; 236. Lawrence; 224. letter of ; 223. Sir Robert, his daughter Sir Thomas ; 245. Short, Joseph, commissioner Shortip, Mr., letter to; 191. Showley, Lancaster; 164. Shrewsbury : Jacobite riot at; 158. Earl of (1614); 18. Duke of, in France ; 158. (1714); 220. Shrimpton, Mr., of High Wycombe; 173 Shute, governor of Massachusetts Bay. petition of; 272. reports, &c. on; 273, 274. Shuttleworth, Mr.: of Brookside ; 164. of Turnover ; ib. Sicily : King of; 87. asked to help the Pretender ; 165. priests of ; 113. Silesia : lands in ; 59. bonds upon ; 107. Silk, John, commissioner; 211. Silver Street, house in ; 6. Simcoke, Robert, valuation by ; 202. Simond, the ship ; 258. Sinzendorf : Count; 51. Torcy's comments on j 72. Sissill, Gregory; 11. Skelton, Mr., grant of lands to ; 265. Skinner : Brinlev, allowance to; 126. Samuel; 211, 213. Will., letter of; 299. Skottowe, Thomas, letter of ; 124. Skye, Isle of; 361. Slick, Count, envoy ; 53. Slingelandt : Mons.; 348. letter to; 158. Sluys, siege of; 22. Smaggett, Peter, letter of ; 243. Smallridge, Dr., Bishop of Bristol : letter of; L88. letter to ; 1 ."> 7 . Smart, John; 211. Smedley, Rev. Jonathan, petition concern- ing; 130. Smeth, Ralph; 10. Smith, Smyth: Captain, at Quebec ; 322. wouuded at Quebec j -^ '■ Commodore, in search of the Pre- tender ; ■i , 'i 1 • Mr., and TJUUWOrth election ; 401. quartermaster, wounded \ 71. Daniel, of Harwich ; 181. .lack, at the head of the new whigS; 73. John, master of shi|> ; 89. administrator to Prince George ; 202. sir Owen, expenses of ; 17. Portland, his daughters; 227. Capt. Thomas, in the Baltic ; 91. Thomas, letter of ; 191. Thomas ; 254. descriptions by ; 255. William, his lands ; 17. his expenses at Cambridge; 13-17. Smithson, Hugh, commissioner; 211. Snailwell, letter dated at ; 320. Society, the Friendly ; 152. Somers, Lord (1713), a godfather ; 340. Somerset : Duke of (1720); 106. (1722), letter of; 344. Chancellor of Cambridge Uni- versity ; 363. Sound, the, squadron sent into ; 53. South Sea: scheme ; 104, 105. company, directors of ; 107. their effects; lu7. transfer of stock ; ib. Monteleone's claim on ; 119. Castle, the ship; 271. Southampton, Earl of (1600), imprisoned ; 10. Southesk, Earl of (1715),; 185. South-wark, Christ Church ; 181. Southwell : Edward, letter of; 342. orders signed by ; 221, 222. Sir Robert, warrant signed by ; 44. Southwoolton, letter dated at ; 329. Spagg, James ; 212. Spain : navy of ; 8. the proposed marriage of Prince- Charles ; 21. 23. the French troops in ; 55, 56. ships of, captured by the Dutch; 66, 85, 67, 69, 188. and Sardinia ; 87. and Gibraltar; 111, 112. I IS. treaty of France with ; 112. negotiations for the Pretender with : 197. ratification of treaties with ; 220. Kiug of, his advisers : 113. his claim to the French crovrn ; 119. secret treaty of the Emperor with ; 119. supply of wool from ; 134. 458 INDEX. Spain — cont. list of British ships captured by ; 148, 149. asked to help the Pretender ; 165. attack on Georgia by; 271. Colonel David Dunbar in ; 283. privateers of; 297, 305. ships captured belonging to ; 305. Spelman : Charles, letters of and to ; 25. Rev. Charles, vicar of Congan ; 152. Francis, letter of; 329. Sir Henry, letter of; 18. godfather ; 24. Henry son of John, petition of; 151. — his services abroad ; 151, 152. Sir Henry ; 151. his son; 152. Henry, of Wickmer ; 152. Sir John ; 152. Spencer : — , postmaster at Stamford ; 352. Mr., letter to; 191. Spinola, Marquis : his armv ; 19. before Gulick ; 22. Spire, garrison in; 21. Spirits, manufacture of, arguments con- cerning; 372. Spital, Captain, wounded at Quebec ; 324. Spooner, Captain ; 336. Spragge, Sir Edward ; 27. Stables, Edward : letter of; 143. address signed by ; 144. Stadion, Count, letter of; 75. Staffordshire militia ; 340. Stair, Earl of: (1710), letters of; 62, 70, 73. (1715), despatches from; 174-177. ambassador, his pay and allowance ; 126. French view of his conduct; 186. Duke of Orleans and ; 186. Stambke, Mons., at Wennersberg ; 98. Stamford : postmaster at, appointment of; 352. Earl of (1699), report by ; 254. (1709), report by ; 127. Standish, Ralph ; 168. Stanhope : Mr.; 15. at Genoa ; 64. at Barcelona ; 65. at Seville; 121. at Frankfort ; 336. of the Admiralty, illness of ; 365. his death ; 367. Colonel; 122. his regiment; 178. Alexander, memorial of; 48. General James ; 49 . at the battle of Almenara ; 70. his aide-de-camp ; 71. near Lerida ; 71. wounded ; 72. h-h reverse ; 77. Stanhope — cont. J., of the Council ; 12. Sir John ; II. Lord, John, Master of the Posts ; 41. (1720); 106. his residence at Hanover ; 106. his death ; 106. his effects left with Cardinal Dubois; 115. Mr., Secretary of State, his letter on the French treaty ; 103. letters to ; 103. letter of ; 104. extracts from his letters ; 111. his despatches to the Duke of Argyll; 173-186. Colonel William, letter to ; 106. Stanley : Sir John, letter of; 205. Thomas; 168. Stanton, S., agreements witnessed by ; 401. Stanyan, Abraham : envoy to Switzerland ; 48, 64. letters of; 78, 81, 82, 85, 86. at the Admiralty ; 89. Stanyford, Ambrose, consul in Algiers, his pay; 126. Stanyon, Temple, clerk of the Council ; 146. Star, a new blazing; 27. Starembourg, Mons. de ; 63. Statton, Mr. ; 51. Staunton, or Staunton Harold, co. Leicester ; 224, 225, 226, 227, 237. Stawell : Edward; 75. Lord (1710), his brother ; 75. (1715), letter of; 341. Stebbings, Major Philip ; 329. Steele : Captain, commissioner of stamps ; 87. Richard, petition signed by ; 130. Steeres, Walter, examination of; 192. Steers, John, attorney ; 192. Steinghens, Mons. ; 82. Stephens : Arthur; 212. Robert; 212. Stepney, George, report by ; 254. Steward, Peter, petition of; 214. Stewart : of Appin, attainted ; 195. Captain, with the Duke of Argyll; 184. John, letter of ; 29. of Innernitty ; 198. Sir Thomas, witness ; 156. William ; 196. Stiffkey or Stewkey ; 1, 14, 15. Sir N. Bacon's lands at ; 5, 6. building of house at ; 6. paper dated at ; 10. lands in ; 37, INDEX. 450 Stileman, — ; 21. Stirling : troops at ; ITS. Castle; 175. governor of; 180. the ship ; 308, 310. Walter, memorandum on ; 187. Stoake Hull, c<>. Hereford ; 215. Stoekholm ; 08. documents dated at ; 62, 98. plague at ; 84. British minister at, letter to j 90. Stoken Church; 242. Stolpe in Pornerania ; 04, 65. Stow, near Downham ; 364. Stowbridge, Norfolk ; 18. Stowc : letters dated at ; 124, 162. visit to ; 240. Stralaund, British minister at, letter to ; 90. Strange, John, letter of; 125. Strasburg ; 50. plundered by the French ; 65. news from ; 87. and Alsace; 87. Stratford: Mr. ; 249. * upon Avon ; 401. Strickland: Captain, of the Nassau ; 85. Captain Charles, in the Baltic ; 91. Sir William; 244. Stuart, Sir James ; 187. Stubbe, Richard, commissioner; 11. Studley, letters dated at ; 251, 253. Sturler, — , his regiment; 184. Suckling, Mr., burial of ; 334. Sudbrook ; 314. Suffolk : justices ; 8. members for ; 334. Earl of (1614); 18. letter of; 19. Lady, her removal from court ; 242. Sunderland ; 359. collector of; 125. Earl of CI 709); 52. letter to ; 48. letters of; 59, 103. 1 17 10), resigns office ; 67. proposed keeper of the Privy Seal ; io2. (1720), proposed Lord-Lieuten- ant of Ireland ; 106. Lady (1746); 359. Surat Bar ; 133. Sussex.: election for; 331. Karl of (1576-7); 3, 4. ( 1000) a prisoner; 11. Sutherland : Earl of (1715), letters of; 159, 160. his son Stralliuaver ; 160. (1715), Lord Lovat and; 185. his clan ; 195. James, governor of South Carolina ; 250. Sutlers at the Tower; 214, 216. Sutton: Mr., bankruptcj of; 300,367,369. Brig adier Bichard ; 137. William ; 8. Suze, march towards ; 58. Swall'ham ; 58. letters dated at : 320, 822. races ; 379. Swallow: Mr., minister at Wyssett ; 17. the ship ; 96. Swan, Mr. ; 4o7. Sweden : English letters for ; 68. declaration from ; 82. Norway ships taken by ; 84. Sir John Nbrris's expedition against : 89-102. ships of, list of; 96. compared with the English ; ib. ; losses by British merchants from ; 90. claims against ; 91. English envoy to, his pay and allow- ance ; 126. King of; 22. Charles XII. (1709), his victory ; 51. the Dnieper crossed by ; ib. reported defeat and death of; 55. his recovery and incredible march ; 57. his affairs ; 58. invaded by the Danes ; 62. his troops in Pornerania ; 62. rebels in his service ; 100. his camp at Swinesund ; 98. declaration by ; 80. his love of wandering ; ib. fears about his return ; 70. Swift, the snow; 271. Swinesund, camp at ; 98. Switzerland : emigration to Pennsylvania from; 63. Protestant Cantons of; 78, 88. Sykes, Mr. ; 314. Symonds, Captain , 339. Symons, deputy postmaster at Stamford ; 352. T. Taatman, Capt. John, in the Baltic ; 91. Tabor, John, letter of; 345. Talbot : Lady ; 246. Mr.; 167. Talcott, Joseph, governor of Connecticut 4G0 INDEX. Tamworth ; 238. letter dated at; 314. election at ; 246. election for ; 390, 401. agreement concerning; 401. Lord (1714) ; 224. death of; 226. (1716); 237. Tankerville, Lord (1696), commissioner of Trade; 296. (1716) ; 102. Tarentaise, the, French forces in ; 54. Tate, Mrs. : at Northampton races ; 253. Mr.; ib. Tatem, Samuel, merchant, petition of; 134. Tatler, the ; 74. Tatton, Major-Gen. Williams; 138. Taxes, &c, arguments concerning; 371- 379. Taylor : Daniel; 212. James, letters of; 67, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80. Jonah, alderman of Hereford ; 160. Temple : Lord (1764); 399. Sir Richard; 73. Tenison, Archbishop, letter of; 329. Terhuyden camp, letter dated at ; 359. Termitteu, Henry ; 107. Terrell, E., letter of; 129. Terrington, repairs at ; 11, 12. Tessier, Dr. ; 241. Tetuan, English consul at, his pay ; 126. Thames, the; 221, 258. Thames Ditton, letter dated at ; 208. Thatcher, Mr., a Jacobite; 167. Thetcher, Thomas, legacies by ; 288, 290. Thetford : election for; 137. mayor, &c, imprisoned for contempt ; 46. the flying post at ; 25. postmaster at ; 404. Thierry, Chateau, the Pretender at; 177. Thistlewayte, Mr., of Hampshire; 392. Thomas : Edmond, letter of; 321. Dr. Hugh, of Christ's College, Cam- bridge, letters to ; 385, 386. Samuel, of Shrewsbury ; 158. and Henry, the ship ; 89. sloop, taken by the Spaniards ; 148. Thomlinson, Mr., agent for New Hamp- shire, his charges against Governor Belcher; 283-285. Thompson, Thomson : Mi?., suspected murder of; 243. Anthony, secretary at Paris, his pay ; 126. Quartermaster, Lord Irwin's letter about; 106. William, recorder of London, letter of ; 102. Sir William, letters of; 124, 136. Thornbury, Timothy ; 211. Thornhasrh, Mr. ; 339. Thornhill : Robert; 211. steward of the Tower Liberty ; 212. Thorp Constantine, letter dated at ; 346. Thorp, Daniel, gunner ; 219. Thorpe, Kobert, petition of; 267. Three Martins, the ship ; 89. Threlfall, Mr., of Ashes ; 164. Thurlow,Edward,caudidate for Tamworth ; 401. Thurnham ; 164. Thynne, Frances, letter of ; 226. Tiberoon Bay ; 1 16. Tierney, James and Thomas, of Mark Lane; 392. Tighe, R. ; 142. Tilson : Christopher ; 82. letters of ; 49, 50. George, letters of; 49, 81, 82, 83, 108, 112, 113. letters to; 110-116 piissim, 121, 122, 348. papers by ; 117. papers endorsed by ; 193. Tin, assaying of; 347, 348. Tinker, Mr. ; 350. Tippinges, Thomas ; 11. Titchfield, title of; 342. Titley : Mr., letters to ; 48. Walter, envoy, his pay and allowance ; 126. Tockenbourg in Switzerland ; 48. Toledo, English army near ; 77. Tolson, Captain ; 354. Tomkyns or Tomkins, Thomas, letters and petition of; 145, 146. Tompson, Nockold : letter of ; 321. receipt by ; 397. Tomson, Robert, master of ship ; 89. Toninghen, provisions brought into ; 87. Torcy, Marquis de ; 51, 174. letter of; 71. letter to ; 61. Tordudas, islands of ; 305. Tories, their notion of foreign politics ; 103. Torrington : Lord (1716), his estate ; 235. Lady, illness of ; 244. Toulon; 67. men-of-war at ; 76,77. Tournay : reduction of; 57. army at ; 63. Dutch deputies at ; 68. Tourville, George ; 213. Towneley, Richard ; 168. Townley, Mr., of Townley ; 164. Townshend : Lady (1493), her will; 1. Lady Anne, wife of Sir John ; 37. letters of; 18,24,25. INDEX. 461 Townshend — cant. Lady Anne, wife of third Viscount, letters of; 309-311, 314, 315. letters to; 357, 858, 360, 869,379. Viscount, Horatio Bret (I002,&c.)» letters of and to; 25, 37 et seq. giant to ; 20. his mineral property •. 2 7. his verdict at Norwich ; 28. his wife's death ; 29. his dispute with Sir 1'. Glcane ; 80. fees paid by ; 39, 40. Charles second, letters of ; 25. (1701), Lord Lieut, of Norfolk ; 328. letters to ; 48, 328 et seq. his embassy to the Hague ; 48 et teg., 334-340. instructions to; 49. letters of and to (1709, &c.) ;49 et seq. extracts from despatches to and from ; 60. Torcy's comments on ; 72. his recall ; 80. his return to England ; 81. (1713), his marriage ; 340. (1714), letter of; 222. (1715), letters of and to; 93, 95, 157-170. (1716), his dismissal ; 103, 104. (1721), the seals given to; 106. letter of ; ib. his despatches to the Duke of Argyll; 173-186. fees for his secret service money ; 345. his letter to George II. ; 118. his correspondence with George II.; 120. his papers when at the Hague ; 375, 383. Charles third, letters of; 311, 316, 318, 362 tt seq., 396, 397. his refusal to show his father's papers ; 384. (1751), his letter about lotteries ; 370. his National Thoughts; 371 et seq. (1752), his correspondence with Tucker on commerce; 371-379, 382. his proposal to establish a prize essay at Cambridge ; 383-392. George, fourth Viscount and first Marquis, his papers relating to the Siege of Quebec ; 306-328. (1706), letter of; 102. letters to ; 397, 402 et seq. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; 137. Mr. (1701), candidate for Norfolk; Townshend— eont. Mr., candidate for Cambridge I'niver- Mtv ; 858. Ann, letter of; 24. Augustus, letter of ; 858. Charles, secretary at war ; 158. letters of; 810. 311, 312, 314, 354, 359, 863, 868, 864, 365, 366, 408. letter to; 366. at Addisbury ; 314. his desire for office; 303, 304, 365, 366, 307. illnesses of; 366, 368. his proposed marriage; 381. his resignation ; 897, his letter to the Duke of New- castle ; 398. Dame Eleanor, leases by ; 1. George, letter of ; 131. commissioner of Excise; ib. member for Norfolk ; 151. Captain George, aide-de-camp ; 152. George, his illness ; 351. letters to ; 382, 390-393, 396, 397. candidate for Norfolk ; 362. letters of; 363, 364, 365, 366, 368, 390-393, 397. his marriage ; 379. his memorandum on Pitt'* letter; 393. his military ardour ; 395. and the Duke of Cumberland ; 387. Henry, master cf ship ; 131. Sir Horace, letters of; 11. his marriage ; 36, 37. suit against ; 37. letter to; 23. Horace, at the Hague; 58. Horatio, letter of ; 357. letter to; 360. Jemmie ; 309. Sir John, of Brampton ; 1 . letter to ; 11. his wife Anne ; 11. John and George, letters of; 409. John, Robert, and George ; 1 . Lady Mary, bequest by ; 40. Neddy, his death ; 350. Sir Robert; 18. Sir It., will of ; 1. Sir Roger, letters of; 1. letters of; 11. petition to ; 19. his apothecary ; 20. letters to ; 20-24. elected for Norfolk ; 23. . his suit with Harris : 23. fees, &C, paid on his baronetcy ; 37, 38. Soger, son of above, letters of ; 20, 24. — -- (1*>84), lease to ; 37. son of Sir John ; 18. (1704). letter to ; 330. 462 INDEX. Townshend — cont. Colonel Roger (1709), member for Yarmouth ; 334. Roger, in Canada ; 307. letter of ; 307. his wound and death j 309, 310, 313, 314, 328. letters of; 386, 393, 394. (1748) ; 362, 364, 365. his character ; 395. Thomas, letters of; 25. letter to ; 30. candidate for Cambridge University; 357. uncle of Charles ; 363. William, letters of ; 1. packet ; 350. Trade ; Board of, reports of; 127, 273, 296. . Charles Townshend and ; 363. report and queries by; 254. president of ; 408. and Plantations, commissioners for; 134, 140. petition to ; 302. and Commerce, arguments relating to; 371-379. Lord Townshend's prize essay at Cambridge on ; 383-392. Trafford, John; 168. Trancherberg, General, at Almenara ; 72. Travers : Mr., his death ; 346. Samuel; 207. Treaties, list of ; 49. Treby: George, letters of and to ; 106. secretary at war, letter of; 138. Col. George ; 137. Trefusis, Mr. ; 243. TTelawny, Trelawney: Edward, letter of ; 205. governor of Jamaica, letters of ; 300, 301. Sir Jonathan, Bishop of Winchester, letter of; 166. Trepland, Sir David, of Pingask ; 198. Tresham, Mr. ; 10. Trevor : elected for Sussex ; 331. Colonel, killed at Almenara ; 71. Sir John, opinion of ; 143. Robert, envoy, his pay and allowance ; 126. Trieste ; 125. Trimble, Rob., gunner ; 219. Trimmer, Dr.; 331. Trimnell, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, letter of; 159. Trimpe, Jhon ; 10. Tring ; 239, 240, 249. Mr. Gore at ; 240. Tripoli, English consul at, his pay ; 126. Triumph, the ship ; 27. Trobridge, Fran., letter of ; 129. Truro, letter dated at ; 208. Tryon : Mr. ; 245. Mrs. M., letter of; 250. Lady Mary ; 249. Tuam, Archbishop of, Singe ; 142. Tubbinge,— ; 21. Tucker, Josiah, afterwards Dean of Gloucester, his correspondence with Lord Townsheud on Commerce; 371— 379, 382. Tuillies, M., of Paris ; 191. Tuition at Cambridge, payments for; 13-17. Tullamoore, Santry ; 142. Tunbridge Wells ; 314, 315. Tunstall, a Jacobite ; 172. Turenne, Mrs.; 240. Turguinton, Mr., surrogate ; 29. Turin: letters dated at ; 51 et scq., 60-78 passim. English envoy at, his pay and allow- ance ; 126. Turkey, strength of army ; 83. Turner : Mrs. A., letter of ; 410. Sir Charles ; 332. instructions signed by ; 89. John, letter of ; 3S3. Turnover, Lancaster ; 1 64. Turretin, M., of Geneva ; 159. Tuscarora Indians ; 270. Twickenham; 330. letter dated at; 223. Twinn, Samuel ; 211. Two Sisters, brigantine taken by the Spaniards ; 148. Tyburn; 144. Tyconderogo, siege of ; 309. Tydd St. Giles ; 26. Tydd St. Mary's; 26. Tyldesleys, Mr., of Lodge ; 164. Tylney: township ; 11. manor ; 13. Tymworth, sheep at ; 5. Tynemouth Castle ; 341. Tyrrell, Sir John, proprietor in Carolina ; 257. Tyssen : justice of the Tower Hamlets ; 210. Francis; 211. TJ. Uckfield, Sussex, petition from ; 13<>. Unit, Robert, of co. Hereford; 215. Urber, — ; 21. Urquhart, Major, a prisoner ; 185. Utrecht, treaty of ; 88, 89, 121, 186, 188, 215,295. Uxelles, Marshal d' ; 61. letters of and to ; 69. INDEX. 403 V. Vachette, Pont la ; 5G. Vado: Sir John Noma's fleet at j 66, 67, 68, 78, 85, 86. bay; 369. Valdenz, Count de, governoi of Milan ; 76. Vallance, John, letter of; 336. Valmoden, Madame, description of; 356. Valois de Terrefort, Gauien do, petition of; 134-136. Van Benting, Heer, challenge to ; 45. Van Brants, Christopher ; 107. Van Dam, Mr., of New York ; 297. Yandenberg, Mous., letter to ; 87. Vander Beck, general of the Dutch ; 179, 180. Vander Dussen, letters of and to ; 69. Vandermeer, Mons. : letter of; 112. letter to; 113. Vander Nath, Count, of Holsteiu ; 98. Van Dussen, P. ; 51. Vanguard, the ship ; 394. Van Ittersum ; 51. Vansittart, Mrs. ; 239. Venables, Catherine, letter of; 234. Venice; 73,337. letters dated at ; 52, 69, 84, 119. operas at; 76. Lord Peterborough at ; 87. festivities at; 340. Venlo, Austrians at ; 361. Venner, Charles; 212. Vere : Lord, complaint by ; 2S5. Mr., commissary ; 101. Verelst, Harman : letter and petition of; 272. letter to ; 270. Vernon : Vice-admiral ; 301. Bowater; 137. James, commissioner of Excise ; 131. order signed by ; 145. certificate by ; 146. Veron, Sir Kobert ; 10. Versailles; 81, 120. letters dated at ; 111, 112, 113. Vetch, Colonel ; 295. Vicery, Mr., a Jacobite; 167. Victoria, the ship, of Ostend ; 133, Vienna; 65, 116. letters dated at; 61, 74, 80, 83, 88, 113, 122. treaty at (1689^ ; 4'.». Lord Peterborough at ; 79, 80. envoy from Turkey at ; 88. treaty of; 113. Vienna — < oil. secret treaty at ; 1 19. English envoy in, lii- pay and allow- ance ; 126. commissary at, hi- pay ; 120. Sir William IIiism-v a' : 130. the Pretender to viait ; 197. Vilers Bralin, camp at ; 70, 73. Yillars: Marshal, at Cambray ; 69. his negotiations with Eugene ; 87. Villetes, Arthur, envoy, his pay and allow- ance; 126. Villiers: Mr., at the Admiralty ; 367. Thomas, envoy, his pay and allow- ance ; 126. member for Tamworth ; 390. Villingheu; 87. Vincent : Mr., assayer, death of; 347. George, of Oxford, sword blades found in his house; 166. Nicholas, letters of; 207, 208. his illness and death ; 208. Violl, a, payment for ; 13. Virginia; 148, 271. and Carolina ; 256. Viscount, a, fees paid on creation of ; 39. Yivares, the, rising in ; 54. Vivian, Charles, commissioner of Stamps : 87. Vohnson, Captain, letter to ; 190, Vyner, Mr.; 313. Vyvian, Sir Richard, his arrest ; 163. w. Wace : Mr.; 134. John ; 138. Waddel, Mr., a Scotch student ; 193. Wade, General : at Genoa; 77. his scheme for securing the High- lands ; 197-199. AVager, Sir Charles : letter of; 116. his opinion of the Russians; ib. memorial, &c. of ; 147, 14S. Governor Belcher and ; 285, 288, 269, 890. Waite. .Mr., of Dublin Castle ; 406. Waldegrave, Lord (\752); 381. Walden, Lionel ; 168. Waldo, — , and Governor Belcher-. 290. 464 INDEX. Waldstettin, Count, protocol signed by; 119. Wales: North, application for the office of Chamberlain in counties of; 341. Prince of (1713-23), expenses of his household ; 205. (1716), letter of Geo. I. to; 103. his servants; 143. and Princess of (1717), ba- nished the court ; 190. (1724), petition to; 194. (1756), horse for ; 392. Princess of (1725), petition to ; 142. Walgrave, — , of Stamford ; 352. Walker: Edward, warrant signed by ; 43, 44. Hovenden ; 254. James, commissioner ; 211. Jo. ; 7. Walkinshaw : letters of; 193, 194. John, of Scots Town ; 198. Wallenrodt, Count, letter of; 109. Waller: Edmund, of Great Marlow ; 145. Nehemiah, pastor in Roxbury ; 280/ Walmsley, Mr., of Showley ; 164. Walpole : Norfolk ; 26. Captain, wounded ; 85. Edward, letters of ; 1. Geoffrey, letter of; 77. Horace, candidate for Parliament ; ^ 357. Horatio, at the Hague, &c, letters of and to ; 49, 51 et seq., 62-67, 72-89, 109-114, 120, 122, 128, 137, 157, 199, 332, 334, 335, 348, 362, 367. to be paymaster ; 160. memorials endorsed by; 187, 188. Captain Coram and ; 288. and Yarmouth ; 334. his daughter Mary ; 366. his applications to examine the Townshend papers ; 375, 383, 384. Robert, afterwards Sir Robert, frank by; 58. l serious illness of ; 67. his employment ; 77, 78. Coxe's memoirs of; 104. proposed chancellor of the Ex- chequer (1720); 106. letters of and to ; 109, 110. comptroller of accounts ; 138. at the Treasury ; 160. petition to ; 265. letter to ; 332. his encouragement of trade ; 355. Walsh, Hunt, letter of ; 402. Walsiugham; 318. theatre at; 410. Sir Francis ; 3, 4. Walsoken ; 12, 26. Walter : Henry; 194. Peter, candidate for Bridport ; 137. Walters, Captain ; 148. Walton : letter dated at $ 390. upon Trent ; 247. marshlands in ; 26. West, manor; 12. Walton, Mr., of Windermere ; 164. Waple, John, letter of; 352. Wapping; 211. French church at ; 129. Warburton : Mr., of Chester ; 341. Dr., and the bishopric of London ; 400. Ward: Dr.; 378. Alexander; 211. Edward, deputy-lieutenant of Nor- folk ; 48. Sir Edward ; 328. John, commissioner ; 211. Katheriue, letter of; 231. Thomas, letters of ; 25. of Raynham, letters to ; 58 ct seq., 70, 337. Ware, Captain, of the George ; 148. Warham, letter dated at ; 410. Waring, Thomas ; 254. Warminghurst Park ; 346. Warner : John, of Spitalfields ; 211. Col. Philip, charged with the mur- der of his brother ; 43. transported to Barbados ; 44. Warren, Sir Peter; 366. Warsaw, letters dated at; 62, 117. Warwick : letter dated at; 159. muster at ; ib. Earl of (1576) ; 3, 4. Wasner, Baron de, letter of; 125, 126. Wassaw, on the coast of Finland ; 92. Waterford ; 408. letter dated at ; 404. Bishop of (1768), letter of ; 404. Waters, Mons., banker at Paris ; 1 90, 191. Watkin, John, letter of; 3S2. Watson, Mr., payment to ; 38. Watts, Mr.; 331. Wav, Captain, of the Loval Charles; 148. Webb : Cornet, killed at Almenara ; 71. General, his regiment ; 222. Thomas; 212. Webber, Samuel, messenger ; 158. Webster, Sir Godfrey, ship owner ; 90. Weeke, Henry, of Worcester, rioter ; 158. Weekes, Mr., gaoler ; 23. Welbe, Capt. John, a prisoner, case of; 138-141. INDEX. 46.5 Welbore, John, deputy t »f Cam- bridge ; 127. Welbv, W, commissioner ; 11. Weld', Serjeant ; 831. Welderen, J. de ; 51. Welle,- : Alexander ; 211. Captain, of the Dorset yacht; 411. "Welling, Governor, his intriguing charac- ter ; 81. Wellingborough ; 250. Wells: Norfolk; 98. timber near ; 320. Parson, of Massachusetts : 287. Serjeant : 889. Weltez, Baron de j 837. Welton, Dr. Richard; 211. Wendall, Colonel; 291. Wennersborg ; 98. Wentworth House, Yorkshire ; 12.5. Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan; 321. Weobley or Welby, elections for; 137, •J01. Wesel, letter dated at ; 76. West, Thomas ; 10. Westbys, Mr., of Bourne; 104. Westmorland, Karl of: Mildmay. second ; 1 1. letter of ; 36. (1728), letter to; 256, 257. certificate of; 257. Weston, Edward : letters of; 354,396. letter to ; 124. Westphalia, expedition to ; 393, 394. Westwick, lands at ; 5. Weymouth: Lord Irwin's dragoons at ; 106. Lord (1770); 407, 408. his interest at Tamworth ; 390, 391, 401. (1714), illness of; 225. death of ; 226. Wharton : Lord (1676), Philip, sent to the Tower; 43. his discharge ; 45. * Bishop Burnet and, verses on ; 46,47. Duke of (1726), his project to re- store the Pretender ; 197. his conduct before Gibraltar ; 199. Thomas, commissioner ; 211. Whatcot, letter dated at; 251. Wheatley, co. Oxon ; 24:.'. WhecUr, Thomas ; 11. W heller, Jhon; 11. Whigs : their notion of foreign polities ; 103. tluir attempts to influence George I.; 104, 1(15. Whiston, Mr., letter to ; 402. Whitby, inhabitants of, petition from; 359. White: Captain, seditious letter of ; 4t'>. U 24953. w liit — cont. Christopher, a prisoner ; 11. John ; 211, Ralph, master of shi] Thomas, candid) I tford ; 1-37. Whitechapel: Rummer Tavern ; 218. Buckle Street ; 214. Whitehand, Henry; 211. Whitehorne, Samuel, of the Jamaica Council ; 301. Whiteman, .lo., his death ; 191. Whittingham, Mr., ofWhittingham ; 164. Whitworth: Lord ( 1721), at the baths ; 108. Mr. : 288. Charles, declaration by ; 57. letters of; 61, 64, 65, 114. Wiburg, Thomas, serjeant-at-arms; 342. Wieh: Mr., approval of ; 187. Sir Cyril, envoy, his pay and allow- ance ; 124. 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